Board of Directors

business for the private equity industry, and chairman of Amplan, a private property development and investment business. He is an advisory board member of Leaders’ Quest, a social enterprise that develops leaders from diverse backgrounds. After five years in manufacturing with RTZ and Black & Decker he spent 30 years in the private equity industry, firstly with 3i, then from 1991 to 2011 with Bridgepoint, where he was a founding partner. Since 2011 he has been an independent chairman of various companies including Leeds Bradford Airport and Porterbrook, a train leasing company. Alan is a graduate of the University of Liverpool and holds an MBA from Manchester Business School.

brand. He joined the Group as President and Head of French Operations following the Mentmore acquisition in 2004. Frederic became Chief Executive Officer of the Group in September 2013.

relations at TUI Travel PLC and chief financial officer at Virgin Entertainment Group in the US. Andy began his career at Ernst & Young, where he qualified as a chartered accountant in 1992. Andy is a graduate of the University of Birmingham.

He is senior independent director and chairman of the audit committee of Premier Foods plc and a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Capital & Regional plc and of Primary Health Properties plc. He is chair of Anthony Nolan (blood cancer charity) and is a trustee and chairman of the finance committee of the Nuffield Trust. Previously Ian was a senior partner and vice-chairman at Deloitte until his retirement in 2012.

of trustees of the charity Make Some Noise. Until September 2015 Joanne was a non-executive director of Principality Building Society, where she was also a member of the audit and conduct risk committees. Previously, Joanne was chief executive officer of Start, a Prince of Wales charity. She was marketing director at Homebase, marketing and customer proposition director at B&Q and marketing director at Camelot Group plc. Joanne has a law degree and started her career at Mars Confectionery and PepsiCo.

British Heart Foundation retail committee and remuneration committee. Previously Claire was group HR director of the Priory Group and, at Carpetright plc, she served as group human resources director from 2006 and as operations director UK from 2011. She also served as its people and customer director. She began her career in Selfridges, and has worked in many retail businesses including Tesco and Boots and has experience in the B2B sector with RAC plc.

Bill is a chartered accountant with over 30 years’ experience with residential and commercial development companies such as Alfred McAlpine, Barratt and the Rutland Group. He joined St Modwen Properties PLC in 2000 as finance director and was subsequently appointed managing director in 2003 and chief executive in 2004, and he retired from this role in November 2016.