Board of
Directors

Helen Stevenson was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of RM plc on 16 February 2022. She is also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee. Helen is currently the Senior Independent Director of Reach plc, and a Non-Executive Director of IG Group Holdings plc and Skipton Building Society. Until recently, she was also Senior Independent Director of Kin + Carta plc. Helen was the Chief Marketing Officer UK at Yell Group plc from 2006 to 2012 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 International Board and is a member of the Henley Business School Strategy Board.

Paul Dean joined the Board on 4 February 2020 as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee. He was previously the Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Wincanton plc and Focusrite plc, the Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at Porvair plc and Polypipe plc, Group Finance Director of Ultra-Electronics plc from 2008 to 2013, and Group Finance Director of Foseco plc from 2005 to 2008. Paul is a Chartered Management Accountant.

Charles joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 2 July 2021. Charles is the Chief Executive Officer at Restore plc and was appointed to this position in April 2019. He was previously Chief Operating Officer and main Board Director at TalkTalk Telecom Group plc, which he joined in 2011. He previously spent 20 years at IBM Corporation in various countries, culminating in his role as Vice President, Commercial Sector in UK and Ireland.

Mark Cook joined the Board as CEO in January 2023. With a background in operations and technology, Mark brings extensive experience in business transformation and creating shareholder value. 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.

Patrick Martell joined the Board on 1 January 2014 as a Non-Executive Director and was appointed Chair of the Remuneration Committee on 19 March 2014. Mr Martell is a former Group CEO of St Ives plc, having joined in 1980. He was appointed to the Board of St Ives plc on 1 August 2003 and held the position of Managing Director, Media Products and Managing Director, UK Operations from 2006 to 2009, at which point he was appointed Group CEO. Mr Martell is currently Group Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive of the Informa Intelligence Division of Informa plc.

Vicky Griffiths joined the Board on 1 July 2020 as a Non-Executive Director. She spent five years as a teacher of Maths and Economics at both primary and secondary level and currently sits on the board of multi-academy trust, Bellevue Place Education Trust. She trained at Bain and Company and was responsible for operational and business risk at Brevan Howard Asset Management. She is now a Partner at executive search firm, Independent Search Partnership. She is a Non-Executive Director at GB Bank, as well as Senior Independent Director of the British Olympic Foundation, a Trustee of Vincent’s Club at Oxford University and she sits on the Main Committee of the MCC at Lords.

Richard Smothers joined the Board in December 2022 with over 20 years’ experience in senior finance roles across several sectors. Richard 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. He recently came to the end of his term after 6 years as a non-executive and audit and risk chair of the NCT charity.

Neil was CEO from 1 March 2021 - 16 January 2023. Before this he was the CFO of RM plc for 5 years. Prior to joining RM, he was CFO for UK and Ireland for the Adecco Group, the leading provider of HR solutions listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange. He was CFO at the UK listed, IT staffing company, Spring plc until it was acquired by Adecco in 2009. Mr Martin started his career by spending seven years at Exxon Mobil.