Ian Meakins

Ian Meakins was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2020 and succeeded Paul Walsh as Chairman of the Board on 1 December 2020.

Ian is an experienced Chairman and former CEO with a strong background in B2B and B2C companies across a variety of sectors in global organisations.

Ian is former Chief Executive of Wolseley plc (now Ferguson plc), Travelex Holdings Ltd and Alliance Unichem plc (until its merger with Boots). Prior to that he held positions at Diageo plc, Bain & Company and Procter & Gamble, and was a founding partner at Kalchas Group management consultants. Ian was previously a non-executive director of O2 plc and the senior independent director at Centrica plc. He was formerly non-executive Chairman of the Learning Network BV.