Alison Brittain

Chair at Dunelm

Alison Brittain has over 20 years of experience in the financial sector. Alison began their career at BNP Paribas as a risk manager. Alison then moved to BT, where they served as the CFO of BT Retail and MD of Enterprises. In 2010, they joined Vodafone as the CFO of Africa, Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Alison left Vodafone in 2012 to join Kingfisher plc as the Group Finance Director. Alison served in this role for seven years before leaving in 2019 to join Compass Group as their Group CFO. Alison left Compass Group in 2021 to become an Independent Non-Executive Director & Chair Designate at Dunelm.

Alison Brittain studied French with business studies at The University of Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy high school.

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Arja Taaveniku

Director

Will Adderley

Deputy Chairman

Marion Sears

Director

Vijay Talwar

Independent Non-Executive Director

Kelly Devine

Director

Ajay Kavan

Independent Non-Executive Director

Dan Taylor

Independent Non-Executive Director

Ian Bull

Director

Teams

+5

Board of Directors

8 members

Timeline

  • Chair

    Current role

  • Director

  • Independent Non-Executive Director & Chair Designate