Pets At Home Group Plc
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Tony DeNunzio
Non-executive Chairman
Tony joined Pets at Home in 2010 as Non-Executive Chairman and was appointed to the Board of Pets at Home Group in 2014. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Eagleville Invest SL., Non-Executive Director of DeNunzio Associates Ltd and a Senior Advisor to Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. L.P. Tony brings vast retail experience and knowledge to the Pets at Home team. He was previously Non-Executive Chairman of Maxeda, the second largest DIY retailer in the Benelux, Non-Executive Director of Alliance Boots, and Chief Financial Officer of Asda and Deputy Chairman of Galiform (now Howdens). He started his career in the fast-moving consumer goods sector with financial positions in Unilever, L\'Oreal and Pepsico. Tony has also been Chairman of the advisory board of Manchester Business School and was awarded a CBE for services to retail in 2005.
Dennis Millard
Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Dennis was appointed to the Board of Pets at Home Group in 2014 and brings wide-ranging public company experience and retail and financial expertise. He is also currently Chairman of Halfords Group Plc and a Senior Independent Director at Debenhams Plc. Previously, Dennis was Chairman of Connect Group plc and was Non-Executive Director at Premier Farnell Plc and Xchanging plc, from 2005 until 2012. Dennis is Chairman of Trustees of the charity The Holy Cross Children’s Trust. He is a Chartered Accountant. Dennis owns two dogs.
Nick Wood
CEO
Nick joined Pets at Home Group as Chief Executive Officer in June 2012. Prior to that, from 2008, Nick was Chief Executive Officer of American Golf, a leading retailer of golfing equipment in the UK with over 90 standalone stores. Prior to this role, Nick spent ten years with DSG International plc (now Dixons Retail) where he was a member of the executive committee and held a number of senior management roles including as managing director of The Link, a mobile phone retailer, and as managing director of Dixons. Nick graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1989 with a Masters Degree in Manufacturing Engineering. Nick owns two dogs.
Ian Kellett
Chief Financial Officer
Ian joined Pets at Home as Chief Financial Officer in April 2006 and following recent changes to a divisional management structure, became Chief Executive Officer of Retail. Whilst the search for a new CFO is underway, Ian will remain as CFO and commence the transition to his new CEO of Retail role. Ian also supports the Group’s veterinary business as a member of their operational board. Previous to his time at Pets at Home, Ian was finance director of Staples’ retail business in the United Kingdom between 2004–2006 and deputy finance director of JD Wetherspoon plc between 1999 and 2004.
Brian Carroll
Non-Executive Director
Brian joined Pets at Home as a Non-Executive Director in 2011 and was appointed to the Board of Pets at Home Group in 2014. He is a member of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Partners LLP, joining the buyout firm in 1995, and is currently head of the consumer and retail teams in Europe. Brian is also a member of KKR’s European investment committee. He is also currently a member of the board of directors of Laureate Education and Northgate Information Solutions and Afriflora. Prior to joining KKR, Brian was with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where he worked on a broad range of high yield financing, corporate finance and merchant banking transactions. He has a B.S. and B.A.S. from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Amy Stirling
Independent Non-Executive Director
Amy was appointed to the Board of Pets at Home Group in 2014. She brings significant financial, accounting and public company experience. She is currently a Non-Executive member of the Cabinet Office Board and Chair of Audit and Risk Committee, as well as a Non-Executive Director at RIT Capital Partners Plc. Amy spent three years as the Chief Financial Officer of TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc, until May 2013, having been with TalkTalk since its formation as part of the Carphone Warehouse Group Plc. Prior to this, Amy held various senior finance and management positions at the Carphone Warehouse Group since joining in 2000. Amy was also the Chief Financial Officer of The Prince’s Trust. Amy is a Chartered Accountant. She owns one cat.
Paul Coby
Independent Non-Executive Director
Paul was appointed to the Board of Pets at Home Group in 2014. He brings significant e-commerce, international and systems technology experience. Paul has been IT Director at John Lewis since March 2011, where he launched the new platform for johnlewis.com and installed a new ePOS (electronic point of sale) system. Before this, Paul was CIO at British Airways for 10 years, where he helped to develop ba.com, including calendar-based selling of flights, self-service check-in and the ability to combine flight bookings with hotels and other services online. Paul is also chair of SITA (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautique), the global provider of systems, solutions and telecommunications to the air transport industry, and a member of the board of P&O Ferries. Before joining British Airways, Paul was a civil servant in the Departments of Transport and Environment, where he worked in Ministerial private office and on roads, rail and local government policy. Paul studied History at Cambridge University. He owns one dog.
Tessa Green
Independent Non-Executive Director
Tessa joined the Board of Pets at Home in 2014. She has a strong background in the not-for-profit and charitable sectors and is currently a Trustee of the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Previously, Tessa was Non-Executive Director of Barts Health NHS Trust, Chairman of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust from 1998 until 2010 and Chairman of The Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign. Tessa also served as the Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery and was Head of Corporate Affairs at Carlton Communications Plc. Tessa owns one dog and three horses.
Paul Moody
Independent Non-Executive Director
Paul was appointed to the Board of Pets at Home in 2014 and brings deep consumer goods and public company experience. He spent seventeen years at Britvic plc, including the last eight years as Chief Executive. Since 2013, Paul has been Chief Executive of Food Freshness Technology, a high tech innovations company focused on delivering comprehensive solutions for food freshness. In addition, he currently serves on the Board of Johnson Service Group as a Non-Executive Chairman.