Ken Hanna (55)
Chairman
Ken Hanna, non-executive Chairman, was previously Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Cadbury Schweppes plc, 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. He is also a non-executive Director of Tesco PLC.
Committees:
Audit Committee - Chairman
Remuneration Committee
Nominations Committee
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
John McConnell
Group Finance Director
John was appointed to Group Finance Director and joined the Inchcape Board on October 1st, 2009. Prior to his appointment, he was Chief Executive Officer for Inchcape's Australia and New Zealand business. He joined Inchcape in May 1999 as Finance Director for Inchcape Australia and in 2003 moved into the role of Managing Director for Sydney Retail, AutoNexus and Inchcape Motors, before becoming Chief Executive in 2005. Prior to joining Inchcape, John worked for Reckitt & Colman,now Reckitt Benckiser,for thirteen years in various senior financial roles in Australia, Germany and the UK. John holds a BEc and MBA.
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
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
Alison Cooper (43)
Non-Executive Director
Joined the Inchcape Board in July 2009. Alison is currently a member of the Board and Chief Operating Officer of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC. She has been with Imperial for 10 years, where she has held several senior regional, divisional and corporate roles before being recently promoted to her current role. Previously she spent 11 years with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Committees:
Audit Committee
Nigel Northridge (53)
Non-Executive Director
Joined the Inchcape Board in July 2009. Nigel is currently Chairman of Paddy Power plc, Senior Independent Director of Aggreko plc and Non-Executive Director of Thomas Cook Group plc. He spent 32 years with Gallaher Group plc in senior sales and marketing roles becoming the Group Chief Executive in 2000, a position in which he oversaw significant growth in shareholder value leading to the sale of the Company in 2007 for £9.4 billion.
Committees:
Remuneration Committee
Graham Pimlott (59)
Non-executive Director
Graham joined the Inchcape Board in March 2008. Graham is a Non executive Director and Chairman designate of Grosvenor Limited. He was previously Deputy Chairman of Hammerson plc and Chairman of its Audit Committee from 2000 to 2005. He was also a Non-executive Director of Provident Financial plc and a senior independent Non-executive Director at Tesco plc. He chaired the audit committees of both companies. Graham is a qualified solicitor and member of the UK Auditing Practices Board.
Committees:
Audit Committee
