Board members
Chairman of the Board
Aged 63 Became a member of the Board in 2002 and was appointed Deputy Chairman in 2004 and Chairman in 2006. He is also Chairman of Brit Insurance Holdings Plc and a non-executive director of WH Smith Plc. Formerly Chief Executive of JIB Group plc and Chairman of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc and Wellington Underwriting plc. |
Executive Directors
Aged 40 Joined the Group in 1991. Appointed Retail Sales Director in 1993, became responsible for Next Directory in 1995 and was appointed to the Board in 1997 with additional responsibilities for systems. Appointed Managing Director of the Next Brand in 1999 and Chief Executive in 2001. |
Andrew Varley Group Property Director Aged 57 Joined the Group in 1985 and was appointed to the Board in 1990. Previous experience includes 12 years in retail and commercial property. |
Independent Non-Executive Directors
Aged 56 Became a member of the Board in June 2007. He is also Chief Financial Officer of Whitehead Mann and formerly finance director of Mirror Group. Previous experience includes almost thirty years in the accountancy profession, principally with Price Waterhouse where he was a senior partner. |
Aged 57 Became a member of the Board in 2003. He has held a number of directorships within the British American Tobacco Plc group, was Company Secretary and most recently Regional Director, America Pacific. Previous experience includes a career in the legal profession and operational roles in Africa and the USA. |
Aged 56 Became a member of the Board in 2005. She is also a non-executive director of Premier Foods plc and Empire Co. Ltd (Canada), a retail advisor to Apax Partners and a member of the Advisory Panel of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Previous experience includes 14 years at Tesco plc and 15 years lecturing and consulting at Edinburgh and Bath Universities. |
# Member of the Audit Committee
+ Member of the Nomination Committee
$ Member of the Remuneration Committee
