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Dixons Carphone plc Annual Report and Accounts 2014/15
Corporate Governance
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John Gildersleeve
Independent non-executive director
John Gildersleeve is non-executive director of Dixons
Carphone and is Chair of the Remuneration Committee. He
joined the Carphone Warehouse board on 28 January 2010
and was non-executive deputy chairman until July 2013. He
was a director of Old Carphone Warehouse until 2010 and
non-executive chairman from 2005. He was appointed as a
non-executive director of the British Land Company PLC in
September 2008 and became chairman in January 2013. He
has been a non-executive director of TalkTalk since January
2010 (Deputy Chairman since 16 May 2013) and was
previously an executive director of Tesco plc until he retired
in February 2004. He is also a non-executive director of
Pick n Pay Stores Limited, which is listed on the Johannesburg
Stock Exchange in South Africa. John is also non-executive
deputy chairman and senior independent director of Spire
Healthcare Group plc.
Andrea Gisle Joosen
Independent non-executive director
Andrea Gisle Joosen was appointed as a non-executive
director of Dixons Carphone on 6 August 2014, upon the
completion of the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone
Warehouse. Andrea joined Dixons Retail plc as a non-
executive director on 1 March 2013. She is currently chairman
of Teknikmagasinet, a non-executive director of ICA Gruppen
AB, James Hardie Industries plc, Mr Green & Co plc 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, upon completion of the merger of
Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse. Tim joined Dixons
Retail plc 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, 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, upon completion of the
merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse and is Chair
of the Audit Committee. Jock joined Dixons Retail plc as a
non-executive director on 10 January 2012. He is a Chartered
Accountant and has extensive accounting and finance
experience having worked for over 30 years (20 years as a
partner) for EY (formerly Ernst & Young) where he led a number
of relationships with international clients and held a number of
leadership positions 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 a trustee of the Tall Ships Youth Trust and non-
executive director of A&J Mucklow Group plc, Enquest plc and
Hill and Smith Holdings plc. He is senior independent director
of Oxford Instruments plc.
Baroness Morgan of Huyton
Independent non-executive director
Baroness Morgan of Huyton is a non-executive director of
Dixons Carphone and joined the Carphone Board as a non-
executive director on 28 January 2010. She was a non-
executive director of Old Carphone Warehouse from 2005 to
2010. 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 is an advisor to the board of the
children’s charity ARK and a member of the advisory
committee of Virgin Group Holdings Limited. She was
previously chair of Ofsted.
Gerry Murphy
Independent non-executive director
Gerry Murphy is a non-executive director of Dixons Carphone
and joined the Carphone Board 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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Nominations Committee
Audit Committee
Remuneration Committee
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