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Board of Directors
36
Sir Charles Dunstone
Chairman
Sir Charles Dunstone is the Chairman of Dixons Carphone and the
Nominations Committee. He is the founder of Carphone Warehouse
and was chairman of Carphone Warehouse from 28 January 2010. He
was chief executive officer of Carphone Warehouse from 1989 to 2010
where he led its growth to become one of Europe’s largest independent
telecommunications retailers. Sir Charles was also appointed chairman
of TalkTalk plc in 2010. He was previously non-executive director of
Daily Mail and General Trust plc and Independent Media Distribution plc
(now Independent Media Distribution Limited). Sir Charles was
chairman of The Prince’s Trust from 2009 to 2015, having been a
member of its Council since 2000. Sir Charles is a partner in Freston
Road Investments LLP and also chairman of Royal Museums
Greenwich and BAR Racing.
Sebastian James
Group Chief Executive
Sebastian James was appointed Group Chief Executive of Dixons
Carphone on 6 August 2014 following the merger of Dixons Retail with
Carphone Warehouse. He joined Dixons in April 2008 and held various
roles, including group operations director, prior to his appointment as
group chief executive in February 2012. Before joining Dixons,
Sebastian was chief executive officer of Synergy Insurance Services
Limited and was strategy director at Mothercare plc. He started his
career at The Boston Consulting Group. Sebastian is also a non-
executive director of Direct Line Insurance Group plc and trustee of the
charities Save the Children and Techknowledge for Schools.
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ndrew Harrison
Deputy Chief Executive
Andrew Harrison was appointed Deputy Chief Executive of Dixons
Carphone on 6 August 2014 following the merger of Dixons Retail with
Carphone Warehouse. Before this, Andrew had been with Carphone
Warehouse since 1995 and became a plc board member in 2006, a role
he held until the formation of the joint venture with Best Buy in 2008.
Andrew played key roles in establishing the TalkTalk business and in
expanding the Best Buy Mobile operation in the US. Andrew also
retained responsibility for both the Carphone Warehouse and Phone
House operations and in 2010 he was appointed chief executive officer
of the Best Buy Europe joint venture. Following the conclusion of the
joint venture in 2013, Andrew became group chief executive of
Carphone Warehouse. Andrew is also a non-executive director of
Ocado Group PLC and a trustee of Techknowledge for Schools.
Key
Audit Committee
Nominations Committee
Remuneration Committee
Humphrey Singer
Group Finance Director
Humphrey Singer was appointed Group Finance Director of Dixons
Carphone on 6 August 2014 following the merger of Dixons Retail with
Carphone Warehouse. He was appointed group finance director of
Dixons in September 2011, having joined its board in July 2011. Since
joining Dixons in 2007, he has held a number of finance roles, namely
finance director of Currys, group financial controller, and finance
director of the UK & Ireland division. Prior to joining Dixons, he held a
number of finance roles at Cadbury Schweppes plc and Coca-Cola
Enterprises UK Limited, including finance director at the latter.
Humphrey is also a non-executive director of Taylor Wimpey plc.
Katie Bickerstaffe
Chief Executive, UK & Ireland
Katie Bickerstaffe was appointed an Executive Director of Dixons
Carphone on 6 August 2014 following the merger of Dixons Retail with
Carphone Warehouse. She retained her responsibilities as Chief
Executive of UK & Ireland for the Dixons business on merger and from
1 May 2015 assumed responsibility for the whole UK & Ireland division.
Katie joined the Dixons board on 20 February 2012 and was the chief
executive of UK & Ireland for Dixons. She joined Dixons as director of
marketing, people and property in June 2008. In addition to her
executive position she is also non-executive director of Scottish and
Southern Energy plc. Previously, Katie was managing director of Kwik
Save Limited and group retail director and group HR director at
Somerfield plc. Her earlier career included roles at Dyson Limited,
PepsiCo Inc. and Unilever PLC.
Graham Stapleton
Chief Executive,
Connected World Services
Graham Stapleton was appointed an Executive Director of Dixons
Carphone on 6 August 2014 following the merger of Dixons Retail with
Carphone Warehouse. Graham is Chief Executive of Connected World
Services and manages its relationship with Sprint Corporation. He was
previously chief executive officer of UK & Ireland for Carphone
Warehouse. He joined Carphone Warehouse in 2005 and has held a
variety of board positions in both the UK and Europe. Graham is also
a trustee at the children's charity Make-A-Wish. Previously Graham
worked for Kingfisher plc and Marks and Spencer plc.
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