JD Sports Fashion Plc
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Company Profile
JD Sports Fashion is a retailer and distributor of branded sportswear and fashionwear. It had over 950 stores across a number of retail fascias, as of July 2016. As well as shops operating under the JD brand, the group other fascias include trainer outlets Size? in the UK, Chausport in France, Sprinter in Spain, Glue in Australia, plus outdoor equipment chains Blacks, Millets and Tiso; and clothing chains Scotts, Tessuti, Mainline, Nicholas Deakins and Cloggs footwear. Clothing brands owned by the company include Kooga rugby apparel and equipment, Kukri sportswear, Focus footwear, plus the Source Lab football apparel licensing business.
Classification
Sector Consumer Discretionary
Industry Retail - Discretionary
Subindustry Apparel Retail & Accessories
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Board of Directors
Peter Cowgill
Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Nomination Committee
Peter was appointed Executive Chairman in March 2004. He was previously Finance Director of the Group until his resignation in June 2001. Since then he has been a partner in Cowgill Holloway Chartered Accountants. He is a Non-Executive Director of a number of private companies and Non-Executive Chairman of United Carpets Plc and MBL Group Plc.
Brian Small
Chief Financial Officer
Brian was appointed Finance Director in January 2004. Immediately prior to his appointment he was Operations Finance Director at Intercare Group Plc and has also been Finance Director of a number of other companies. He qualified as an accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1981.
Martin Davies
Non-Executive Director
Martin was appointed to the Board in October 2012. He was previously Group Chief Executive of Holidaybreak Plc from 2010 until its sale to Cox and Kings Limited in 2011. He joined the Board of Holidaybreak Plc in 2007 when it acquired PGL where he had been Chief Executive. He left Holidaybreak Plc in 2012. Previously, he has had roles at Allied Breweries, Kingfisher and Woolworths.
Andrew Leslie
Non-Executive Director
Andrew was appointed to the Board in May 2010. He has over 40 years of experience in the retail, footwear and apparel sectors. Most recently he was an Executive Board Director of Pentland Brands Plc, from which he retired in 2008. During his career, Andrew also held a number of senior positions with British Shoe Corporation, The Burton Group Plc and Timpson Shoes Limited.
Heather Jackson
Non-Executive Director
Heather was appointed to the Board in May 2015. She has extensive experience in IT and change management. Heather is currently a non-executive director of Ikano Bank AB and her former roles have included CIO of HBOS plc and other director level roles with Capital One, Boots the Chemist and George at Asda.