Sir Stuart Rose
Chairman
Appointed in May 2004. Stuart became Executive Chairman on 1 June 2008. He is a non-executive director of Land Securities plc and Chairman of Business in the Community. Stuart began his career in retail at Marks & Spencer in 1972 before going on to the Burton Group in 1989. He left the Group following the demerger in 1997. Stuart was Chief Executive of Argos plc in 1998 and later became Chief Executive of Booker plc. Before rejoining Marks & Spencer as Chief Executive in 2004 he was Chief Executive of Arcadia Group plc from 2000 until 2002. Stuart was knighted in the New Year Honours List this year, for his services to the retail industry and corporate social responsibility.
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Ian Dyson
Group Finance and Operations Director
Appointed in June 2005. Ian was appointed Group Finance Director in June 2005, becoming Group Finance and Operations Director in March 2008. Ian was formerly Finance Director of The Rank Group plc. Prior to this he was Group Financial Controller of Hilton Group plc. He joined Hilton from Le Meridien, a division of Forte plc, where he had been Finance Director. His early career was spent with Arthur Andersen, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1986 and was promoted to a Partner of the firm in 1994. Ian was a non-executive director of Misys plc until September 2005.
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Steven Sharp
Executive Director, Marketing
Appointed in November 2005. Steven joined Marks & Spencer in May 2004. He started his career with Bejam in 1978, progressing to the Argyll Group and became Marketing Director of Asda in 1987. He joined the Board of Debenhams in 1989. He later became Marketing Director of the Burton Group, Booker plc and Arcadia Group plc. Steven is a non-executive director of Adnams plc. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, The Marketing Society and The Royal Society of Arts, as well as a visiting Professor of Glasgow Caledonian University. Steven is a special advisor to the Tate Members’ Council.
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Kate Bostock
Executive Director, General Merchandise
Appointed to the Board in March 2008. Kate joined Marks & Spencer in October 2004 as Director of Womenswear. She then took on responsibility for Girlswear and later took on the running of the Lingerie department. Previously Kate was Product Director for Childrenswear at Next before joining Asda in 2001 as Product Director for the George brand covering all areas of clothing and footwear. She was responsible for the launch of the stand-alone George concept and the launch of the George brand globally.
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John Dixon
Executive Director, Food
Appointed in September 2009, John began his M&S career in UK store management before moving to Paris for three years where he held a variety of commercial roles in European stores and the Paris Head Office. He joined the UK Head Office as a Food Buyer before progressing to Category Manager for Fresh Produce. In 2002, he was appointed to Executive, heading up the fresh food trading division. In 2004 John was appointed Executive Assistant to the CEO, Stuart Rose. In 2007, he became Director of M&S Direct. In 2008, John became Director for Home in addition to M&S Direct and was also appointed to the Executive Committee. John was appointed to Director of Food in July 2008.
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Clem Constantine
Director of International, Property and Store Development
Clem trained as a Chartered Accountant at Stoy Hayward, joining Debenhams in 1989, as a Financial Analyst. He was appointed to his first finance directorship in 1993, for the IS brand of the Burton Group plc, and moved through several other finance directorships with variable responsibilities including systems and retail until he was made Group Property and Retail Planning Director, for the Arcadia Group plc in February 1999. In this role he was able to apply his considerable financial and retail expertise to maximise profitability from the group's property portfolio while executing a focused acquisition plan. He remained in this role, with additional responsibility for Store Development until recently. He joined the M&S team in February 2006.
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Tanith Dodge
Director of Human Resources
Appointed Director of Human Resources in March 2008. Tanith was formerly Group Human Resources Director at WH Smith since 2003, where she also held responsibility for Public Relations, Communications and Post Office Operations. Prior to this, she was Senior Vice President Human Resources for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), at InterContinental Hotels Group. Tanith has also fulfilled two HR Director roles for divisions of Diageo Plc and before this was International Human Resources Manager for Prudential Corporation Plc. Tanith is a member of the Executive Committee at Marks & Spencer.
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Nayna McIntosh
Director of Store Marketing and Design
Nayna joined Marks & Spencer in February 2005. Previously she was part of the Management Team that set up the per una brand in September 2001. Prior to this Nayna was Sales and Marketing Director for the George brand in Asda stores, where she started 11 years earlier as part of the Launch Team for the first supermarket brand to sell fashion. Before joining George, she was at Next for four years as a Divisional Executive for the South of England.
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Steve Rowe
Director of Retail and M&S Direct
Steve joined Marks & Spencer in 1989 and held a variety of positions in store management, having previously worked at Topshop as a store manager. He joined Head Office in 1992 as a Merchandiser for Menswear, working in all areas of the Group. In 1998 he was promoted to Category Manager in the Furniture Department. During 2001 Steve led the team developing the Home Growth Strategy, working with McKinsey Consultants, and became Head of Home categories in 2003. He was promoted to the Director of Home a year later, in 2004. Between 2004 - 2008 Steve also assumed responsibility for Beauty and New Business Development. He was appointed Director of Retail in March 2008 and became a member of the Executive Committee.
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Andrew Skinner
Trading Director, per una
Andrew joined Marks & Spencer aged 18, straight after his A-Levels as a Young Management Trainee and spent his first three years in stores – his retail ‘apprenticeship’. He then moved into merchandising and held a number of positions in Home and Womenswear divisions. Andrew joined the Menswear group in May 2000 and subsequently was appointed Menswear Business Unit Director in November 2003 responsible for Mens and Boyswear. In January 2007, Andrew became Director of GM Planning and Supply and was appointed to the Executive Committee. In January 2009, Andrew became Director of per una.
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Darrell Stein
Director of IT and Logistics
Darrell has been working in IT for 17 years starting his career at Marks & Spencer in 1990. In 1994 he joined Mars as a Project Manager, working on data warehousing and financial systems. Between 1996 and 2001 Darrell worked at Ernst & Young leading a number of major IT and Change Programmes in the financial services, retail and utility sectors. From 2001 to 2006 Darrell worked at Vodafone, becoming IT Director for Vodafone UK in January 2004. Prior to that he was Vodafone’s UK Network Director and Global IT Strategy and Architecture Director. Darrell rejoined Marks & Spencer in July 2006 as IT Director.
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