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Lord Livingston of Parkhead
Deputy Chairman
Lord Livingston of Parkhead joined the Board as Deputy Chairman and
Non-Executive Director on 16 December 2015. He is Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations
Committee. He previously held the position of chief executive officer at
BT Group plc from 2008 to 2013; prior to that he was chief executive
officer of BT Retail and group chief financial officer of BT. He is a
Chartered Accountant and previously held the position of chief financial
officer of Dixons between 1996 and 2002, having served in a number of
roles over more than a decade with the company. Prior to that he held
various roles within 3i Group, Bank of America and Arthur Andersen.
From 2013 to 2015, Lord Livingston was Minister of State for Trade
and Investment. He was also non-executive director of Hilton Group plc
and Freeserve plc. He is currently chairman of Man Group plc, a
non-executive director of Celtic plc and Belmond Ltd, and a trustee
of Jewish Care.
Tony DeNunzio CBE
Senior Independent Director
Tony DeNunzio CBE joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on
16 December 2015. Tony is Senior Independent Director and a member
of both the Nominations Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
He held the position of president and chief executive officer of
Asda/Walmart UK from 2002 to 2005, having previously served as chief
financial officer of Asda PLC. He started his career in the fast-moving
consumer goods sector with financial positions in Unilever plc, L’Oréal
and PepsiCo Inc. He was also previously non-executive director of
Alliance Boots GmbH, chairman of Maxeda Retail Group BV, and
deputy chairman and senior independent director of MFI Furniture
Group plc (now Howden Joinery Group plc). He has also been chairman
of the advisory board of Manchester Business School and was awarded
a CBE for services to retail in 2005. Tony is non-executive chairman of
Pets at Home Group Plc, non-executive director of PrimaPrix SL and
senior adviser at Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co L.P.
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ndrea Gisle Joosen
Independent Non-Executive Director
Andrea Gisle Joosen was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of
Dixons Carphone on 6 August 2014 following the merger of Dixons
Retail with Carphone Warehouse. Andrea joined Dixons as a non-
executive director on 1 March 2013. She is currently chairman of
Teknikmagasinet AB and a non-executive director of ICA Gruppen AB,
James Hardie Industries plc, Mr Green & Co AB and BillerudKorsnäs
AB. Former roles include non-executive director of Lighthouse Group,
chief executive of Boxer TV Access AB in Sweden and managing
director (Nordic region) of Panasonic, Chantelle AB and Twentieth
Century Fox. Her early career involved several senior marketing roles
with Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson.
Tim How
Independent Non-Executive Director
Tim How was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Dixons
Carphone on 6 August 2014 following the merger of Dixons Retail with
Carphone Warehouse. Tim joined Dixons as a non-executive director on
8 September 2009 and became senior independent director on 9 May
2012. He holds a variety of external board positions, including chairman
of Woburn Enterprises Limited, senior independent director of
Henderson Group plc and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust, and chairman of Roys (Wroxham) Limited.
Former roles include chairman of Rayner and Keeler Limited and Enotria
Wine Group Limited, and non-executive director of Peabody Capital
plc. Tim served as chief executive of Majestic Wine plc, where he led
the management buy-out of the business and subsequent Alternative
Investment Market (AIM) flotation. Prior to this, he was managing
director of Bejam Group plc.
Jock Lennox
Independent Non-Executive Director
Jock Lennox was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Dixons
Carphone on 6 August 2014 following the merger of Dixons Retail with
Carphone Warehouse and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. Jock
joined Dixons Retail as a non-executive director on 10 January 2012.
He is a Chartered Accountant and worked for over 30 years (20 years
as a partner) for EY (formerly Ernst & Young) in the UK and globally. He
retired from EY in 2009 and has subsequently acted as a non-executive
director of a number of companies. He was also a council member of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. He is currently
senior independent director of Oxford Instruments plc and Hill & Smith
Holdings PLC, a non-executive director of A&J Mucklow Group plc and
EnQuest plc, and a trustee of the Tall Ships Youth Trust.
Baroness Morgan of Huyton
Independent Non-Executive Director
Baroness Morgan of Huyton is a Non-Executive Director of Dixons
Carphone and joined Carphone Warehouse as a non-executive director
on 28 January 2010. She was a non-executive director of Carphone
Warehouse from 2005 to 2010, prior to the demerger with TalkTalk.
From 2001 to 2005, she was director of government relations at
10 Downing Street. Prior to this, Baroness Morgan was political
secretary to the Prime Minister from 1997 to 2001 and was appointed
Minister for Women and Equalities in 2001. In 2006, she was appointed
as a board member of the Olympic Delivery Authority. She was
previously chair of Ofsted and a member of the advisory committee of
Virgin Group Holdings Limited. She is currently an advisor to the board
of the children’s charity ARK and a non-executive director of
Countryside Properties PLC.
Gerry Murphy
Independent Non-Executive Director
Gerry Murphy is a Non-Executive Director of Dixons Carphone and
joined Carphone Warehouse as a non-executive director on 2 April
2014. He is a former Deloitte LLP partner and was leader of its
Professional Practices Group with direct industry experience in
consumer business, retail and technology, media and
telecommunications. He was a member of the Deloitte board and
chairman of its audit committee for a number of years and also
chairman of the Audit & Assurance Faculty of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in England and Wales. Gerry was appointed as a non-
executive board member of the Department of Health on 1 August 2014
and a non-executive director of Capital & Counties Properties PLC on
1 March 2015.
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