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 Directors

 

  Executive Chairman                             K Chapman**

  Chief Executive                                    P E Jolly, LLB

  Company Secretary                             I J Bolton, BSc, PhD

  Chief Operating Officer                        P B Maudsley

  Finance Director                                  C D Hinton ACA

  Non-Executive Directors                      G P Craig*

                                                           M L Hawker

                                                           Mr D A Johnson

                                                           Mr S S McKay

*  Non-executive and member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees

    ** Member oft the Nomination Committee

 
Mr K Chapman (65, Executive Chairman)

Keith Chapman joined the Findel board in March 1984 and was subsequently appointed group managing director and then chairman and chief executive in January 1988.

Mr P E Jolly (42, chief executive)

Patrick Jolly joined the board in March 2001 as a non-executive director and was subsequently appointed chief executive in May 2006. He is an experienced corporate finance lawyer and was previously an executive director of Surf Control plc.

Dr I J Bolton (64, executive director and company secretary)

Ivan Bolton has been with the group for over 25 years in a number of senior commercial roles and was appointed to the board in 1989. He has a BSc and a PhD from Leeds University and had ten years industrial experience before joining the group.

Mr P B Maudsley (46, chief operating officer)

Philip Maudsley joined the group in 1987 as general manager of a manufacturing subsidiary. He became managing director of the Home Shopping division in 1994 and was appointed to the board on 6 April 2004. He was subsequently appointed group managing director in December 2004 and then chief operating officer in May 2006.

Mr C D Hinton (37, group finance director)

Chris Hinton joined the board on 2^nd October 2007. He is a Chartered Accountant and was previously Group Finance Director of Lorien plc with responsibility for all aspects of Finance, IT and HR and has a background in corporate finance.

Mr G P Craig (60, non-executive director)

Gordon Craig joined the board in October 1997. Until his retirement in 1997 he was a director of M & G Investment Management Limited. He is now the chairman of Stirling Group Limited.

Mr M L Hawker (58, non-executive director) 

Mr. Hawker was appointed Non-Executive Director in July 2006. He has over 25 years experience in home shopping having latterly been Chief Executive of Otto (UK), previously Chief Executive of Redcats Group and earlier a Director of Sears plc.

Mr S S McKay (61, non-executive director)

Stuart McKay joined the board on 3^rd July 2007. He has over 35 years experience in stationary supplies and retailing including directorships in Simon Elvin Limited and Paper Rose Limited and formerly in Clinton Cards plc and Carlton Cards Limited.

Mr D A Johnson (63, non-executive director)

Tony Johnson joined Findel in 1988 as group finance director and became the group managing director in 1994. In 1997, following the de-merger of Creative Publishing, he was appointed group chief executive. He was appointed deputy chairman in December 2004 and relinquishes this role in July 2006 at which time he was appointed as a non-executive director.

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