Board of
Directors
Helen Stevenson
Appointed to the Board
16 February 2022 as Non-Executive Chair
Career
Helen Stevenson was appointed as Non-Executive Chair of RM plc on 16 February 2022. She is also the Chair of the Nomination Committee.
Relevant skills and experience
30 years executive career spanning senior supply and demand side roles across large Consumer Goods, Retail Financial Services and Digital Media organisations. Considerable expertise in strategic brand and customer marketing, and 11 years PLC non-executive director.
Other roles
Helen is a Non-Executive Director and Remco Chair of IG Group Holdings plc, a FTSE 250 fintech company providing derivatives trading. Until recently, she was also the Senior Independent Director of Reach plc, a Non-Executive Director of Skipton Building Society, and Senior Independent Director of Kin + Carta plc. Helen was the Chief Marketing Officer UK at Yell Group plc from 2006 to 2012, including responsibility for digital product development and, prior to this, served as Lloyds TSB Group Marketing Director. She started her career with Mars Inc where she spent 19 years, working across senior supply side and demand side roles, culminating in European Marketing Director. Helen is a Governor at Wellington College where she is also Chair of the Wellington College Educational Enterprises Board and is a member of the Henley Business School Strategy Board.
Richard Smothers
Appointed to the Board
3 January 2023 as Non-Executive Director
Career
Richard Smothers joined the Board on 3 January 2023 as a Non-Executive Director and became Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee on 31 March 2023.
Relevant skills and experience
Richard is a Chartered Management Accountant and has recent and relevant finance experience.
Other roles
He is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Greene King Limited, a role he has held since 2017, and has both strategic, financial and operational responsibilities. Prior to this he was Chief Financial Officer at Mothercare plc and held a number of senior roles at Rexam plc, Tesco plc and Cargill Inc.
Jamie Murray Wells
Appointed to the Board
1 November 2023 as Non-Executive Director
Career
Jamie Murray Wells joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director and was appointed Chairman of the ESG committee on 1st November 2023. Jamie brings leading digital product and strategy expertise to the Board, having worked since 2013 for Google, where he has held roles defining new platforms and ecosystems, including as Head of Digital Platform Experiences and Head of Extended Reality (XR) Platform Enablement. Prior to joining Google, Jamie founded and led Glasses Direct, a digital-led retail business, before taking it through a private equity transaction with Cipio Partners. He recently served as a non-executive director of DD Group, the wholesale supplier to the dental sector.
Relevant skills and experience
Jamie brings leading digital product and strategy expertise to the Board.
Other roles
Jamie is a director of Trotters (Childrenswear & Accessories) Ltd, the timeless British childrenswear, footwear and hairdressing brand and The Cheese Geek Ltd, a business modernising cheese wholesale and retail online.
Simon Goodwin
Appointed to the Board
29 August 2023 as Group Chief Financial Officer
Career
Simon Goodwin joined the Board as Group CFO on 29 August 2023.
Relevant skills and experience
Simon is a Chartered Management Accountant with 15 years of experience in finance leadership roles.
Other roles
Prior to joining the Board of RM plc, Simon was the Group CFO of MTI Technology from December 2017 until July 2023, where he was responsible for the finance and administrative functions across their operations in the UK, France, and Germany. Simon has also held senior finance roles in Getronics, the Dutch ICT business, and Sopra Steria, the digital services and software development consultancy. After qualifying as an accountant, Simon worked in a number of finance and commercial roles for Xansa PLC, Warner Bros and Marks and Spencer PLC.
Christopher Humphrey
Appointed to the Board
7 July 2023 as Non-Executive Director
Career
Christopher Humphrey joined the Board on 7 July 2023 as a Non-Executive Director and was appointed Chair of the Remuneration Committee on 10 October 2023. On 1st January 2024 Christopher was appointed Senior Independent Director.
Relevant skills and experience
Christopher Humphrey has extensive international, financial and general management experience gained across a range of sectors and in a variety of international markets (UK, USA, Europe and Far East) both in growth and turnaround situations.
Other roles
He is currently Chair of AIM-listed Eckoh plc, a customer engagement and contact solutions provider, a position he has held since 2017, and Non-Executive Chairman of Heywood Pension Technologies – a pension solutions provider. He also served as Senior Independent Director and Audit Chair at AVEVA Group plc, Senior Independent Director and Audit Chair at Videndum plc, and Non-Executive Director at SDL plc, a language translation software provider. Christopher has had a number of leadership roles during his career, including the position of Group Chief Executive Officer of Anite plc from 2008 to 2015.
Carolyn Dawson
Appointed to the Board
1 November 2023 as Non-Executive Director
Career
Carolyn Dawson joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1st November 2023. She is currently CEO of the Founders Forum Group, the business services group for entrepreneurs, and is leading the relaunch of Tech Nation. . Prior to this role she spent over 20 years at Informa Group plc, working in a range of leadership roles, including founding London Tech Week and most recently as President, Verticals and ESG, Informa Tech.
Relevant skills and experience
Carolyn brings significant and current experience in the technology and education sectors.
Other roles
Carolyn is a Trustee for Centre for Entrepreneurs. She has co-founded Miroma Founders Network, which provides growing businesses with media opportunities. Carolyn also serves on the board of 01 Founders, a free-to-access coding school; Founders Makers, a creative partner to scaleups and major brands, and Grip, an AI-powered networking solution.
Mark Cook
Appointed to the Board
16 January 2023 as Chief Executive Officer
Career
Mark Cook joined the Board as CEO in January 2023.
Relevant skills and experience
With a background in operations and technology, Mark brings extensive experience in business transformation and creating shareholder value.
Other roles
After qualifying as an accountant and working in several finance roles, Mark moved into consulting, joining Xansa PLC where he led transformation and systems implementation programmes for clients including the BBC and Boots. In 2010, Mark joined Getronics Group under Aurelius Investments where he refocused the portfolio and created a global technology digital services business. In 2019, Mark joined Capita plc as CEO for the People Solutions Division and latterly the Technology Solutions Division. Mark is currently non-executive Chairman of Searchlight Consulting.