Kingfisher plc
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Kingfisher plc is an international home improvement company with approximately 1,380 stores, supported by a team of 79,000 colleagues.
We operate in eight countries across Europe under retail banners including B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt, Screwfix, TradePoint and Koçtaş.
We offer home improvement products and services to consumers and trade professionals who shop in our stores and via our e-commerce channels. At Kingfisher, our purpose is to make home improvement accessible for everyone.
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Daniel Bernard
Chairman
Current directorships: Joined the Board as Deputy Chairman in May 2006 before being appointed Chairman on 3 June 2009. He is President of Provestis, his own investment company, and since January 2010, has been Chairman of MAF Retail Group, Dubai. He has also been Senior Advisor of TowerBrook Capital Partners since October 2010. He is a non-executive director Capgemini and Phase Eight Ltd. He is also Honorary Chairman of the HEC Business School Foundation in Paris and a member of the Advisory Board of HEC. Expertise and experience: Daniel provides considerable retailing experience and expertise to the Kingfisher Board. He was Chairman and Chief Executive of Carrefour, the Paris-based retail group and world\'s second largest retailer, from 1992 to 2005. Prior to Carrefour, he was Chief Operating Officer of METRO, Germany\'s leading international retailer. He was previously a non-executive director of Compagnie de St Gobain until June 2006.
Véronique Laury
Chief Executive Officer
Véronique Laury is a highly experienced international retailer who has worked in the home improvement sector for 26 years in France and in the UK. She joined Kingfisher in 2003 and in her 11 years with the business she has held several key roles including Chief Executive of Castorama France, Group commercial director, commercial director of B&Q UK & Ireland. Previously she spent 15 years at Leroy Merlin in various commercial roles. She was named Chief Executive Officer on 8 December 2014.
Karen Witts
Chief Financial Officer
Current directorships: Appointed to the Board in October 2012. She is a non-executive director of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC. Expertise and experience: Karen provides additional recent relevant finance expertise to the Board. She was previously Chief Financial Officer, Africa, Middle East, Asia and Asia Pacific for Vodafone plc. From 1999 to 2010 she worked at BT plc, most recently as Chief Financial Officer, BT Retail and Managing Director Enterprises and before that as Managing Director Operations, Openreach. She is a chartered accountant and has experience in finance and management roles at companies such as Paribas, Diageo, Mars Electronics, The Observer Newspaper and Ernst & Whinney.
Andrew Bonfield
Non-Executive Director
Current directorships: Appointed to the Board in February 2010. He is Finance Director of National Grid plc. He is also a committee member of the Hundred Group of Finance Directors. Expertise and experience: Andrew brings significant current finance experience to the Kingfisher Board. He was previously Chief Financial Officer of Cadbury plc and prior to that he was Chief Financial Officer of Bristol-Myers Squibb from 2002 to 2007, Finance Director of BG Group plc from 2001 to 2002 and Chief Financial Officer of SmithKline Beecham Plc from 1999 to 2000 during an 11 year period with the pharmaceuticals group.
Pascal Cagni
Non-Executive Director
Current directorships: Appointed to the Board in November 2010. He is an independent director of the supervisory board of Vivendi. Pascal provides the Board with expertise in the field of digital and online retailing. He was formerly Vice President and General Manager of Apple Europe, Middle-East, India and Africa, and was with Apple for ten years in a variety of roles. His previous experience includes roles at NEC, Compaq and Booz Allen Hamilton. He has also held the position of non-executive director on the board of Egg Banking plc, the online banking arm of Prudential plc, from 2002 to 2006 and on the board of Atari, the computer games company.
Clare Chapman
Non-Executive Director
Current directorships: Appointed to the Board in December 2010. She is currently Group People Director of BT. Expertise and experience: Clare brings significant human resources expertise to the Kingfisher Board. She was previously the Director General of Workforce, for the NHS and Social Care and was also a nonexecutive director of TUI Travel plc and Chairman of its Remuneration Committee. Her previous experience also includes Group HR Director of Tesco plc from 1999 to 2006 and HR Vice President of Pepsi Cola\'s West and Central European operations from 1994 to 1999.
Anders Dahlvig
Non-Executive Director
Current directorships: Appointed to the Board in December 2009. He is a director of Oriflame Cosmetics AB, H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB and Axel Johnson AB; and is Chairman of The New Wave Group and a member of the Advisory Board of Lund University Business School. He is also a director of Resurs Bank AB, Pret a Manger Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Inter IKEA Systems B.V. Expertise and experience: Anders brings extensive commercial retailing expertise to the Board. He was previously Chief Executive and President of The IKEA Group from 1999 to 2009, having spent 26 years with the company. Prior to becoming Chief Executive, he was Vice President of IKEA Europe from 1997 to 1999 and Managing Director of IKEA UK from 1993 to 1997.
Janis Kong
Non-Executive Director
Current directorships: Appointed to the Board in December 2006. She is Chairman of Bristol Airport and a non-executive director of Portmeirion Group PLC, NetworkRail and TUI Group. She is also a non-executive director of Copenhagen Airports A/S. Expertise and experience: Janis provides important experience to the Kingfisher Board. She was previously a non-executive director of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and, until her retirement in March 2006, was a director of BAA plc and Chairman of Heathrow Airport Ltd for five years as well as being Chairman of Heathrow Express. Prior to that she was Managing Director of Gatwick Airport and has held a number of operational roles within BAA during her 33-year career with the company.
Mark Seligman
Senior Independent Director
Current directorships: Appointed to the Board in January 2012. He is a non-executive director of BG Group plc, where he is also Chairman of the Audit Committee. He serves as an alternate member of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, is a member of the Regional Growth Fund advisory panel and nonexecutive deputy Chairman of G4S, where he is also Chairman of the Audit Committee. Expertise: Mark provides substantial expertise to the Kingfisher Board in the field of finance. He was a senior adviser at Credit Suisse. He began his career at Price Waterhouse and spent over 30 years in the City, including senior roles at SG Warburg, BZW and Credit Suisse First Boston. At Credit Suisse he was Deputy Chairman Europe from 1999 to 2005 and later Chairman UK Investment Banking from 2003 to 2005.