People: Home Retail Group plc (HOME.L)

HOME.L on London Stock Exchange

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Stocken, Oliver 67 2006 Chairman of the Board
Duddy, Terry 50 2006 Chief Executive, Executive Director
Ashton, Richard 2006 Finance Director, Executive Director
Bentley, Gordon Company Secretary
Loft, Paul Managing Director - Homebase
Weller, Sara 48 2004 Managing Director - Argos
Ball, Greg Managing Director - Financial Services
Guise, David Human Resources Director
Connor, Peter Information Systems Director
Thompson, Maria Commercial Director
Hornby, Andy 42 2006 Non-Executive Director
Hughes, Penny 50 2006 Non-Executive Director
Coombe, John 64 2007 Senior Non-Executive Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Stocken, Oliver Oliver Stocken is Chairman of the Board of Home Retail Group plc. He was a director of NM Rothschild & Sons and held several roles within Barclays Group culminating in his appointment as group fi nance director of Barclays PLC. In 2000, he was appointed to the GUS board where he chaired the audit committee and subsequently the remuneration committee. In October 2006, he became chairman of Home Retail Group. He is deputy chairman of 3i Group plc, a non-executive director of Standard Chartered plc and chairman of Stanhope plc and Oval Limited. Oliver is also chairman of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum.
Duddy, Terry Terry Duddy is Chief Executive, Executive Director of Home Retail Group plc. He began his career at Letraset, working in personnel management and then in product management. In 1984, he joined Dixons Stores Group where he held a variety of commercial positions, including sales director of Currys, product marketing director of Dixons Stores Group and, latterly, managing director of PC World. Terry joined GUS in August 1998 as chief executive of the newly acquired Argos, becoming a GUS director later that year. In 2000, he was appointed chief executive of Argos Retail Group. In October 2006, he became chief executive of Home Retail Group.
Ashton, Richard Richard Ashton is Finance Director, Executive Director of Home Retail Group plc. He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he trained as a chartered accountant. In 1994, he joined GE where he spent eight years and held a variety of positions. These included chief financial officer of GE Capital’s pan-European equipment financing business, headquartered in The Netherlands, assistant to GE Capital’s chief financial officer in the US and various finance roles in the UK. Richard joined Argos Retail Group as fi nance director in November 2001. In October 2006, he became finance director of Home Retail Group.
Bentley, Gordon Gordon Bentley serves as Company Secretary of Home Retail Group plc.
Loft, Paul Paul Loft was subsequently managing director of GUS Home Shopping before taking up his current position as managing director of Homebase. Prior to this, he spent 11 years with the Burton group and was finance director of Debenhams.
Weller, Sara Sara Weller joined Argos as Managing Director in July 2004. In the period 2000 to 2004 she held the positions of marketing director, deputy managing director and board member of J Sainsbury plc. Between 1996 and 2000 she was the retail marketing director with Abbey National plc and prior to this she worked at Mars Confectionery UK. Sara Weller is also a non-executive director of Mitchells and Butlers plc.
Ball, Greg Greg Ball serves as Managing Director, Financial Services of Home Retail Group plc.
Guise, David David Guise serves as Human Resources Director of Home Retail Group plc.
Connor, Peter Peter Connor serves as Information Systems Director of Home Retail Group plc.
Thompson, Maria Maria Thompson serves as Commercial Director of Home Retail Group plc.
Hornby, Andy Andy Hornby is Non-Executive Director of Home Retail Group plc. Andy began his career at Boston Consulting Group before joining Blue Circle as business development director, Blue Circle Home Products. Following a move to ASDA he held a number of senior general management roles, including managing director of George, ASDA’s clothing business. In November 1999, Andy joined the board of Halifax as chief executive, Halifax Retail. Andy was chief executive of HBOS plc from August 2006 until the takeover by Lloyds TSB in January 2009. Andy joined the GUS board in January 2004. He became a non-executive director of Home Retail Group in October 2006. Andy chairs the remuneration committee of Home Retail Group.
Hughes, Penny Penny Hughes is Non-Executive Director of Home Retail Group plc. Penny spent ten years with Coca Cola, initially as marketing director and ultimately as president of Coca-Cola GB & Ireland. She has held a number of non-executive roles on the boards of international businesses such as Vodafone, Trinity Mirror, Body Shop and Reuters, and will leave the GAP board at the end of May 2009. Currently, she serves on the board of the Swedish bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken. She is president of the Advertising Association and a trustee of the British Museum. Penny joined the Board of Home Retail Group in December 2006.
Coombe, John John Coombe is Senior Non-Executive Independent Director of Home Retail Group plc. John held a number of senior financial roles within Charterhouse Group plc and Charter Consolidated plc before joining Glaxo Holdings in 1986. Appointed to the board in 1992, he was ultimately chief financial offi cer of GlaxoSmithKline for five years before retiring in 2005. He joined the GUS board in April 2005. He became a non-executive director of Home Retail Group in October 2006. He is the senior independent director and chairs the audit committee of Home Retail Group. He is a non-executive director of HSBC Holdings, chairman of Hogg Robinson Group and a former member of the Code Committee of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers. Until 2003, he was a member of the UK Accounting Standards Board. He is also a trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts Trust, where he chairs the audit committee.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Stocken, Oliver 221,000
Duddy, Terry 858,000
Ashton, Richard 432,000
Bentley, Gordon --
Loft, Paul --
Weller, Sara --
Ball, Greg --
Guise, David --
Connor, Peter --
Thompson, Maria --
Hornby, Andy --
Hughes, Penny --
Coombe, John 1,040,000
As Of 27 Feb 2009

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