Ian was appointed to the Board in April 2019 and was appointed as the Senior Independent Director on 9 September 2019. Ian accepted the role of Interim Non-Executive Chairman in December 2019 and held the position until March 2020.
Ian is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and has over 20 years’ financial experience with a variety of businesses across a range of sectors. He was previously Group Finance Director of Greene King plc, Chief Financial Officer at Ladbrokes plc, and was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Parkdean Resorts Group. His finance career included Whitbread plc and BT Group, and he was formerly also a Non-executive Director of Paypoint Ltd.
He is currently Senior Independent Director of St. Modwen Properties plc and a non-executive director of Dunelm Group plc.