Nick Backhouse

Nick has extensive experience at the board level, including non-executive roles at Guardian Media Group plc (2007–2017) where he was also the Senior Independent Director, All3Media (2011–2014) and Marston’s PLC (2012–2018), and has chaired the audit committees of each of those businesses. He is currently Chairman at the Giggling Squid Restaurant Group, the Senior Independent Director at Loungers plc, and a Non‑Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at Hyve Group plc. In his executive career, Nick was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the David Lloyd Leisure Group and was previously Group Finance Director of NCP, Chief Financial Officer of the Laurel Pub Company, and CFO of Freeserve PLC. Prior to that, he was a Board Director of Baring Brothers International. Nick is a Fellow of the ICAEW and has an MA in economics from Cambridge University.