Peter Johnson (60)
Chairman
Joined the Group in 1995 as Chief Executive of Inchcape Motors Retail and became Chief Executive of Inchcape Motors International in 1996. He joined the Inchcape Board in January 1998 before becoming Group Chief Executive on 1 July 1999 until 31 December 2005 and Non-executive Chairman on 1 January 2006. He was appointed as a Non-executive Director of Wates Group Limited in September 2002 and Director and Chairman of Automotive Skills Limited in October 2003. He was appointed as a Non-executive Director of Bunzl plc on 1 January 2006. He was appointed as Deputy Chairman of Rank Group plc with effect from 1 January 2007 and assumed the role of Chairman from 1 March 2007. He is a Vice President of the Institute of the Motor Industry and was previously Sales and Marketing Director of the Rover Group, and Chief Executive of the Marshall Group.
Committees:
Nominations Committee - Chairman
André Lacroix (48)
Group Chief Executive
Joined the Group as Group Chief Executive Designate on 1 September 2005 before becoming Group Chief Executive on 1 January 2006. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Euro Disney S.C.A. from mid 2003 to mid 2005 and President of Burger King International from mid 2000 to mid 2003. He is currently also Chairman of Good Restaurants AG.
Committees:
Nominations Committee
Barbara Richmond (47)
Group Finance Director
Joined the Group as Group Finance Director on 3 April 2006. Barbara Richmond is a Chartered Accountant. She is a Non-executive director of the Scarborough Building Society. She was Group Finance Director of Croda International Plc from 1997 to 2006. Prior to this, she was Group Finance Director of Whessoe plc.
Will Samuel (56)
Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Non-executive Director
Joined the Inchcape Board in January 2005. Will Samuel is a Chartered Accountant. He is Vice Chairman of Lazard & Co. Ltd and a Non-executive Director of the Edinburgh Investment Trust plc and Ecclesiastical Insurance Group. Prior to this he was a Director of Schroders plc, Co-Chief Executive Officer at Schroder Salomon Smith Barney (a division of Citigroup Inc.) and Vice Chairman, European Investment Bank of Citigroup Inc and Chairman of H.P. Bulmer PLC. In July 2006 he was appointed as a Non-executive director and Chairman-Designate of Galiform PLC (previously known as MFI Group plc) and became Chairman in October 2006.
Committees:
Audit Committee
Remuneration Committee
Nominations Committee
Raymond Ch'ien (56)
Non-Executive Director
Joined the Inchcape Board in July 1997. Raymond Ch’ien is Chairman of CDC Corporation and its subsidiary, China.com Inc. He is Non-executive Chairman of MTR Corporation Limited, Non-executive Chairman of HSBC Private Equity (Asia) Limited, a Non-executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Convenience Retail Asia Limited, VTech Holdings Ltd and The Wharf (Holdings) Limited. He is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Karen Guerra (51)
Non-Executive Director
Joined the Inchcape Board on 1 January 2006. Karen Guerra was President of Colgate Palmolive SAS until March 2006 and General Manager of the French Branch of CPI LLC until April 2006. Prior to this, she was Chairman and Managing Director of Colgate Palmolive UK Limited and a Non-executive Director of More Group plc.
Committees:
Remuneration Committee
Ken Hanna (54)
Non-Executive Director
Joined the Inchcape Board in September 2001. Ken Hanna is a Chartered Accountant. He is an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Cadbury Schweppes plc. Prior to this he was a Partner of Compass Partners International and Group Finance Director and Chief Executive of Dalgety (now Sygen Group plc) from 1997 to 1999. He has previous experience with Guinness plc (now Diageo plc), Avis Europe and Black & Decker.
Committees:
Audit Committee - Chairman
Remuneration Committee
Nominations Committee
David Scotland (60)
Non-Executive Director
Joined the Inchcape Board in February 2005. David Scotland was an Executive Director of Allied Domecq PLC from 1995 to 2005. He is also a Non-executive Director of Brixton plc and Chairman of Wine Intelligence, and was previously a Non-executive Director of Photo-Me International plc and Thompson Travel Group plc.
Committees:
Audit Committee
Remuneration Committee
Nominations Committee
Michael Wemms (68)
Non-Executive Director
Joined the Inchcape Board in January 2004. Michael Wemms was Chairman of the British Retail Consortium from June 2004 until July 2006. He was also Chairman of House of Fraser plc from 2001 until November 2006. He was an Executive Director of Tesco plc between 1989 and 2000. During that time he held the positions of Personnel Director and, from 1992, Retail Operations Director where he was responsible for all store operations. He was appointed a Non-executive Director of AD Pharma in October 2006 and as a Non-executive Director of Galiform PLC in November 2006. He is also a Non-executive Director of Majid Al Futtaim Group and Moneysupermarket.com Group plc.
Committees:
Audit Committee
Remuneration Committee - Chairman
Nominations Committee
