Christopher Rogers

Chris was appointed as Chairman on 23 March 2021. Chris served as a Non Executive Director of Travis Perkins from 2013 and stepped down following the demerger to become Chairman of Wickes. Chris is currently Non-executive Director of Sanderson Design Group plc (formerly Walker Greenbank plc), a Non-executive Director of Vivo plc and of Kerry Group, and is a visiting fellow at Durham University. During his executive career, Chris held a number of senior roles in and directorships of public companies. From 2005 to 2016 Chris was an Executive Director of Whitbread plc, serving as Group Finance Director from 2005 to 2012 and as Global Managing Director of Costa Coffee from 2012 to 2016. He was Group Finance Director of Woolworths Group plc and Chairman of the Woolworths Entertainment businesses from 2001 to 2005. Prior to that, Chris held senior roles in both the finance and commercial functions of Comet Group plc and Kingfisher plc.