Responsibilities:
Chairman
Responsibility for best practice corporate governance
Board committees:
Nomination Committee (Chairman)
Current directorships:
Persimmon PLC (Chairman)
Former roles:
Chairman, Marston's PLC
Football Association (Senior Independent Director)
Chairman, Sports Information Systems (Holdings) Limited (SIS)
Chairman, Gamesys
Corporate Development Director and Executive Committee member, Hilton Group PLC
Non-executive Director of National Express Group plc
Senior Independent Director of RPS Group plc
Year of appointment:
2018
Board committees:
Corporate Responsibility Committee
Responsibilities:
Group strategy, operational management, leadership of the Executive team
Philip is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant.
Former roles:
CFO, Cineworld Group Plc
Finance Director, Luminar Group Holdings Plc
Financial Controller & Head of Corporate Development, Barratt Developments PLC
Property Finance Director, Tesco PLC
Vice President Finance, Hilton Group plc
Year of appointment:
2016
Responsibilities:
All aspects of the Group’s financing, financial performance, and stakeholder reporting; board accountability for internal audit, tax and strategic development; leading the executive relationship with the external auditor; and leadership of the Group Finance and other corporate functions.
Current directorships:
Motability Operations Group PLC (Non-executive Director)
Former roles:
Chief Operating Officer, Worldpay Group plc
Deputy CFO, Worldpay Group plc
Group CFO, EMI Group
Finance Director, Portfolio Business, Terra Firma Capital Partners
Year of Appointment:
2017
Board Committees:
Remuneration Committee (Chairman)
Corporate Responsibility Committee
Nomination Committee
Current Directorship:
Big Yellow Group PLC (Non-executive Director)
McColl’s Retail Group plc (Senior Independent Director)
Former roles:
Managing Director of Regionals, Trinity Mirror
Managing Director of Wallpaper Group, IPC Media
Managing Director of IPC Advertising, IPC Media
Sales Director, IPC Magazines
Various sales and advertisement roles, Express Newspapers
Year of appointment:
2011
Board committees:
Corporate Responsibility Committee (Chairman)
Nomination Committee
Remuneration Committee
Audit & Risk Management Committee
Current directorships:
AA PLC (Non-executive Director)
Other Directorships:
Equiniti Group plc (Non-executive Director)
Former roles:
Chief Operating Officer and executive director, Trainline
Various roles including executive director and Chief Operating Officer, Betfair Group
Various senior investment banking roles at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch
Year of appointment:
2017
Board committees:
Audit and Risk Management Committee (Chairman)
Corporate Responsibility Committee
Nomination Committee
Former roles:
Various roles including Chief Customer Officer Interim Managing Director UK
Group Multichannel Director, Tesco plc
Year of appointment:
2017
Board committees:
Corporate Responsibility Committee
Nomination Committee
Current directorships:
President and CEO of Travelport Worldwide Limited
Chairman, eNett
Member of the executive committee of the World Travel and Tourism Council.
Year of appointment:
2019
Responsibilities:
Board and governance support, company secretariat, London Stock Exchange compliance
Former roles:
Director, Investor Relations, GSK
Assistant Company Secretary, GSK
Deputy Company Secretary, Lastminute.com
Assistant Company Secretary, Royal & Sun Alliance
Year of appointment:
2018