Non-Executive Director, Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee
Aged 54, Nigel, who qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1980 with Price Waterhouse, was Group Finance Director of Arcadia Group plc (formerly The Burton Group plc) until February 2003. He joined the Burton Group in 1984 and was appointed to its Board in 1997, becoming Group Finance Director in November of that year.
Nigel is also Chairman of Countrywide Farmers plc and a Non-Executive Director of Pinewood Shepperton plc and C&J Clark Limited.
With his considerable experience of finance and operations in multi-site businesses, Nigel provides strong leadership of the Audit Committee.