Governance Marks & Spencer Group plc

MKS

GB0031274896

Food Retail & Distribution

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Executive Committee: Marks & Spencer Group plc

Manager

Positions heldSince

Stuart Machin

56 year

Chief Executive Officer

24/05/2022

Sacha Berendji

56 year

Chief Operating Officer

Alison Dolan

56 year

Director of Finance/CFO

05/01/2025

Hayley Marie Tatum

57 year

Human Resources Officer

30/10/2025

Fraser Ramzan

Investor Relations Contact

Nicholas Folland

61 year

General Counsel	31/01/2019
Corporate Secretary	31/01/2019

Composition of the Board of Directors: Marks & Spencer Group plc

Director

CommitteesSince

Archibald Norman

72 year

Compensation Committee	24/06/2021
Nominating Committee Chair	24/06/2021
Audit Committee	24/06/2021

Roger Burnley

60 year

Audit Committee	30/11/2025
Governance Committee	13/02/2023
Nominating Committee	30/11/2025
Compensation Committee Chair	13/02/2023

Evelyn Bourke

61 year

Audit Committee	07/09/2021
Governance Committee	30/04/2018
Nominating Committee	25/01/2022
Audit Committee Chair	06/06/2022

Fiona Dawson

60 year

Nominating Committee	24/05/2021
Compensation Committee Chair	05/05/2025
Audit Committee	30/10/2025
Compensation Committee	03/01/2022

Tamara Ingram

65 year

Compensation Committee	17/12/2020
Nominating Committee	20/05/2020
Audit Committee	31/01/2023

Alison Dolan

56 year

Audit Committee	31/07/2023
Compensation Committee	31/03/2024

Sean Liam Doyle

55 year

Audit Committee	30/11/2025
Nominating Committee	30/11/2025

Sapna Sood

52 year

Nominating Committee

20/05/2020

Stuart Machin

56 year

Director/Board Member

24/05/2022

Cheryl Potter

57 year

Director/Board Member	28/02/2023
Independent Dir/Board Member	28/02/2023

Latest Appointments: Marks & Spencer Group plc

01-06	Rank CFO to take temporary charge as CEO O'Reilly steps down	AN
12-08	EXECUTIVE CHANGES: Oxford Nanopore Tech hires new CEO from Danaher	AN
11-30	Marks and Spencer Group P.L.C. Appoints Roger Michael Burnley as Director, Effective December 1, 2025	CI
11-30	Marks and Spencer Group plc Appoints Sean Liam Doyle as Director Effective December 1, 2025	CI
11-17	Marks and Spencer Group plc Announces Step Down of Ronan Dunne from the Board, Effective 1 December 2025	CI
11-12	M&S puts BA boss on its board after Archie Norman's swipe at airline - FT	RE
11-12	Marks and Spencer Group plc Appoints Sean Doyle to the Board as a Non-Executive Director and to the Audit & Risk and Nomination Committees, Effective from 1 December 2025	CI

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Former Officers and Directors: Marks & Spencer Group plc

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Stephen Rowe

Director/Board Member	30/09/2012	24/05/2022
Chief Executive Officer	01/04/2016	24/05/2022
Sales & Marketing	31/12/1988	01/04/2016

Amanda Mellor

Director/Board Member	31/12/2008	31/03/2019
Investor Relations Contact	31/12/2003	31/12/2008
Corporate Secretary	31/12/2008	31/03/2019

Robert Swannell

Director/Board Member	25/11/2010	04/01/2011
Chairman	02/09/2010	31/08/2017
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/09/2010	-

Marc Bolland

Director/Board Member	19/01/2011	01/04/2016
Chief Executive Officer	30/04/2010	01/04/2016

Martha Baroness Lane Fox

Director/Board Member	31/05/2007	31/03/2016
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/05/2007	31/03/2016

John Dixon

Director/Board Member	31/12/1985	15/07/2015
Corporate Officer/Principal	08/09/2009	11/02/2015
Sales & Marketing	31/12/1985	15/07/2015

Jan du Plessis

Director/Board Member	11/08/2009	03/03/2015
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/10/2008	03/03/2015

Alan Stewart

Director/Board Member	20/12/2010	22/09/2014
Director of Finance/CFO	20/12/2010	22/09/2014

Steven Holliday

Director/Board Member	11/08/2009	07/07/2014
Independent Dir/Board Member	18/04/2011	07/07/2014

Darrell Stein

Director/Board Member	30/06/2006	11/08/2009
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	11/08/2009	18/05/2014

Steven Sharp

Director/Board Member	11/08/2009	16/07/2013
Corporate Officer/Principal	16/07/2013	27/02/2014
Sales & Marketing	30/04/2004	16/07/2013

David Darroch

Director/Board Member	31/01/2006	18/06/2013
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/01/2006	18/06/2013

Kate Bostock

Director/Board Member	30/09/2004	03/09/2012
Corporate Officer/Principal	15/12/2010	05/02/2012
Sales & Marketing	05/02/2012	03/09/2012

David Michael Charles Michels

Director/Board Member	28/02/2006	31/05/2008
Independent Dir/Board Member	28/02/2006	31/01/2012

Louise Patten

Director/Board Member

05/08/2009

12/07/2011

Ian Dyson

Chief Operating Officer	31/05/2005	30/08/2010
Director of Finance/CFO	31/05/2005	04/05/2010

Stuart Rose

Chairman

30/04/2004

31/12/2009

Graham Oakley

Corporate Secretary

31/12/1984

07/07/2009

Dominic Fry

Public Communications Contact

19/01/2011

David Gregory

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

31/03/2009

Steven Esom

Director/Board Member

31/05/2007

01/07/2008

Terry Burns

Chairman	31/12/2005	31/05/2008
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/2005	31/05/2008

Tanith Dodge

Human Resources Officer

24/03/2008

John Michael Joseph Keenan

Director/Board Member

09/07/2007

Anthony Thompson

Corporate Officer/Principal

24/04/2007

Keith Gordon Cameron

Human Resources Officer

31/12/2006

Paul Myners

Chairman

31/12/2003

31/12/2005

Charles Wilson

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

30/04/2004

17/07/2005

Alison Clare Reed

Director of Finance/CFO

31/12/2000

31/03/2005

Nicky Dulieu

Director of Finance/CFO

31/12/1981

31/12/2004

Tony Quinlan

Director of Finance/CFO

31/12/2004

Justin King

Corporate Officer/Principal	28/02/2001	29/02/2004
Director/Board Member	31/12/2018	09/09/2025
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/2018	09/09/2025

Sirinij Chockchairittikul

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2001

Roger Whiteside

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1999

Gerard McGurk

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1997

John Cheston

President

31/12/1985

Fiona Mary Holmes

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1983

Richard Greenbury

Chairman	-	-
President	-	-

Malcolm Brown

Corporate Officer/Principal

Tom Clayton

Corporate Officer/Principal

Barry John Stevenson

Director/Board Member

Luc Emile Rene Vandevelde

Chairman

Bernard Mariette

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Nick Steel

Corporate Officer/Principal

08/04/2010

Michael Hartley

President	-	-
Sales & Marketing	-	-

Majda Rainer

Investor Relations Contact

Maurice Helfgott

Director/Board Member	-	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-

Andrew Michael Skinner

Corporate Officer/Principal	19/01/2011	27/01/2011
Sales & Marketing	27/01/2011	-

Alan Barnett

Public Communications Contact

19/01/2011

Howard James Goodman

Corporate Officer/Principal

Guy Charles Farrant

Corporate Officer/Principal

Anthony Habgood

Director/Board Member	-	29/08/2005
Independent Dir/Board Member	20/07/2011	-

Vincent Anthony Gunn

Corporate Officer/Principal

Matt Hudson

Corporate Officer/Principal

Dominic Morrey

Corporate Officer/Principal

Simon Rodgers

Corporate Officer/Principal

David Altschuler

Treasurer

Anne Clarke

Corporate Officer/Principal

Alice Avis

Sales & Marketing

Martin Wakefield Jacomb

Director/Board Member	-	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	-	-

Stephen James Bates

Corporate Officer/Principal

Christopher Sale

Corporate Officer/Principal

Elizabeth Wood

Human Resources Officer

Rob Anderson

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jonathan Cobb

Corporate Officer/Principal

Suzanne Eorge

Corporate Officer/Principal

Nigel Mark Inches Robertson

Corporate Officer/Principal

Paul Butler

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Victoria Bird

Corporate Officer/Principal

Kevin Lyons

Corporate Officer/Principal

Lesley Lloyd-Steer

Corporate Officer/Principal

Nick Henwood

Corporate Officer/Principal

Martin Peter Darby

Corporate Officer/Principal

Vincent McGinlay

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	10
Female	8

Of which Executive Committee

Male	5
Female	1

Of which Directors

Male	4
Female	6

Revisions

Révisions CA 1 an

Révisions CA 4 mois

Révisions CA 1 mois

Révisions BNA 1 an

Révisions BNA 4 mois

ESG MSCI

Environnement

Social

Gouvernance

Polémique

Controverses Ethiques

Controverses sur les droits de l'Homme

Controverses Subventions fiscales

Conforme à la finance Islamique

Marks & Spencer Group plc is one of the leading British large-scale distribution companies. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - food products (65.3%); - clothes, hygiene products, and household items (29.9%). The remaining net sales (4.8%) are from the distribution activities on the international stage. As at 29/03/2025, products are marketed through a network of 1,486 stores primarily located in the United Kingdom (1,091) and through the Internet. The United Kingdom accounts for 95.2% of net sales.

Employees

64,000

Sector

Food Retail & Distribution

Calendar

05-26 - Q4 2026 Earnings Release (Projected)

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