Carol Kavanagh

Carol has over 20 years of experience working in senior public company human resource roles across construction and retail sectors, including as Group HR Director for Travis Perkins Plc from 2007 to 2020. Carol has also held senior positions at Home Retail Group and Safeway Food Stores (now Morrisons). At Travis Perkins, Carol's responsibilities extended across all of the Group’s businesses at that time, which in addition to the recognised merchanting businesses such as Travis Perkins and Toolhire, also included the Wickes and Toolstation brands. She was Executive Chair for the Tile Giant business unit from 2018. Her Non Executive Director experience began in the Financial Services sector with Leeds Building Society where she was a member of the remuneration committee. Whilst at Travis Perkins, Carol served as a Non Executive Director with Verona Stone, a tile procurement and supply business, which at the time was part owned by the TP Group. Carol is also currently an independent remuneration committee member for British Swimming.