Board of Directors
Sir Ian Gibson
Chairman
Sir Ian Gibson joined the Group as Non-Executive Deputy Chairman in September 2007. He was appointed Chairman in March 2008. Sir Ian is Chair of the Board’s Nomination Committee and a member of its Remuneration Committee and Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committee. He is a Non-Executive member of the Public Interest Body of the UK firm of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP and will be stepping down from his current role as Non-Executive Chairman of Trinity Mirror Plc in August 2012. Previous Board appointments include Chairman of BPB Plc, Deputy Chairman of Asda Group Plc, and a Director of Chelys Limited, GKN Plc, Greggs Plc and Northern Rock Plc. He is also a former member of the Court of the Bank of England. Sir Ian enjoyed a distinguished 30-year career in the motor industry, most recently as President of Nissan Europe.
Dalton Philips
Chief Executive
Dalton joined the Group as Chief Executive on 29 March 2010. He is a member of the Board’s Nomination Committee and Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committee. Prior to joining Morrisons, Dalton was Chief Operating Officer of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s largest food distributor and a leading provider of general merchandise, pharmacy and financial products and services. Prior to that position, he was Chief Executive of Irish department store group, Brown Thomas. Between 1998 and 2005 he worked for Wal-Mart’s international division holding a range of commercial positions, rising to Chief Operating Officer in Germany. Dalton started his career as a store manager in New Zealand with Jardine Matheson and was later regional director of the Company’s Spanish supermarket division.
Richard Pennycook
Group Finance Director
Richard joined the Board as Group Finance Director in October 2005. Prior to that, he was the Group Finance Director of RAC Plc, the quoted specialist motoring and vehicle management company. Previous senior roles include Group Finance Director of HP Bulmer Holdings Plc, Laura Ashley Plc and JD Wetherspoon Plc and Chief Executive of Welcome Break Holdings Plc. He is also Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Persimmon Plc.
Nigel Robertson
Senior Independent Director
Nigel Robertson joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in July 2005. On 10 March 2011, the Company announced that Nigel had been appointed as Senior Independent Director. He is a member of the Nomination, Remuneration, Audit and Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committees and was Chair of the Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committee from September 2009 to 10 March 2011. Working in the private equity sector, he is the Group Chief Executive of Health and Surgical Holdings Ltd. Until the business was sold in 2007 he was the Chief Executive Officer of Chelsea Stores Holdings Ltd and he was previously the Managing Director of Ocado, the online grocery shopping business set up in partnership with Waitrose. Prior to this he held senior positions in Marks and Spencer Group PLC both in the UK and USA.
Philip Cox
Chair of Audit Committee
Philip joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in April 2009. He is a member of the Audit Committee and became its Chair in September 2009 and is also a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee. He is also Chief Executive Officer of International Power Plc, a position that he has held since 2003, when he was promoted from his previous role of Chief Financial Officer (2000-2003). He is a member of the President’s Committee of the CBI. He was a Non-Executive Director at Wincanton Plc from 2001 to 2009, having chaired their Audit Committee from 2001 to 2008 and was Chair of their Remuneration Committee from 2008. His previous Board position was as Chief Financial Officer at Siebe Plc.
Penny Hughes
Chair of the Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committee
Penny joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in January 2010. Penny is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Penny is currently a Non-Executive Director of Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc and a trustee of the British Museum. Penny’s previous experience includes 10 years with Coca-Cola GB and Ireland and various Non-Executive roles including Body Shop International Plc, GAP Inc, Reuters Plc, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Trinity Mirror Plc, Vodafone Plc and Home Retail Group plc. With effect from 10 March 2011 Penny has been appointed as Chair of the Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committee.
Johanna Waterous
Chair of the Remuneration Committee
Johanna joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director in February 2010. Johanna is a member of the Audit, Nomination, Remuneration and Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committees. She is currently a Non-Executive Director of RSA Group Plc and Chairman of Sandpiper CI, as well as being an Operating partner of Duke Street LLP. Her previous experience includes 22 years with McKinsey & Co, London, ultimately as Co-Leader of the firm’s Global Marketing and Sales Practice. She is a Non-Executive Director of the Kew Foundation and of Kew Enterprises Ltd. Between 1998 and 2006, she was Chairman of Tate Enterprises. Johanna has been appointed as Chair of the Remuneration Committee with effect from 10 March 2011.
*Information correct at 17 February 2012.
