Governance Next plc

NXT

GB0032089863

Apparel & Accessories Retailers

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03-11	Shore Capital Upgrades Next plc to Buy	MT
03-06	Fast fashion garments pile up in South Asia as Middle East conflict grounds planes	RE

Executive Committee: Next plc

Manager

Positions heldSince

Simon Wolfson

58 year

Chief Executive Officer

31/12/2000

Jonathan Blanchard

61 year

Director of Finance/CFO

25/07/2024

Jane Shields

63 year

Human Resources Officer	31/12/1984
Sales & Marketing	31/12/2009

Seonna Anderson

60 year

Corporate Secretary

31/12/2013

Richard Papp

59 year

Chief Operating Officer

13/05/2018

Composition of the Board of Directors: Next plc

Director

CommitteesSince

Michael Roney

72 year

Governance Committee
Nominating Committee
Compensation Committee Chair	26/03/2014
Compensation Committee	31/07/2017
Nominating Committee Chair	31/07/2017

Thomas Hall

59 year

Audit Committee	23/01/2025
Nominating Committee
Compensation Committee Chair	12/07/2020
Compensation Committee	23/01/2025

Jonathan Bewes

Compensation Committee	31/12/2024
Nominating Committee	31/12/2024
Audit Committee Chair	30/09/2023
Audit Committee	31/12/2024

Venetia Butterfield

Audit Committee	31/08/2018
Compensation Committee	31/08/2018
Nominating Committee	31/08/2018

Tristia Harrison

53 year

Audit Committee	24/09/2018
Compensation Committee	24/09/2018
Nominating Committee	24/09/2018

Soumen Das

49 year

Audit Committee	31/08/2021
Compensation Committee	31/08/2021
Nominating Committee	31/08/2021

Amy Stirling

57 year

Audit Committee	30/06/2020
Compensation Committee	30/06/2020
Nominating Committee	30/06/2020

Annette Court

64 year

Audit Committee	28/02/2026
Compensation Committee	28/02/2026
Nominating Committee	28/02/2026

Simon Wolfson

58 year

Nominating Committee

Jeremy Stakol

Director/Board Member

02/04/2023

Richard Papp

59 year

Director/Board Member

13/05/2018

Jonathan Blanchard

61 year

Director/Board Member

25/07/2024

Jane Shields

63 year

Director/Board Member

30/06/2013

Latest Appointments: Next plc

03-01	Next plc Appoints Annette Elizabeth Court as Director, Effective March 1, 2026	CI
01-09	Next names new sales head and senior independent director	AN
01-09	Next plc Announces Board Changes	CI
01-06	Next lifts profit forecast after festive sales boost	AN
12-01	Caroline Browne to Join in Spring 2026 as an Executive Director of Topps Tiles Plc	CI
11-19	Smiths in new buyback; WH Smith CEO leaves amid probe	AN
27/03/25	Next CEO's billion pound milestone stirs succession concern	RE

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Former Officers and Directors: Next plc

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Amanda James

Director/Board Member	31/03/2015	25/07/2024
Director of Finance/CFO	31/03/2015	25/07/2024
Investor Relations Contact	31/03/2015	25/07/2024

Dame Ila Thompson

Director/Board Member	31/12/2014	30/04/2024
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/2014	30/04/2024

Francis Salway

Director/Board Member	31/05/2010	19/05/2021
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/05/2010	19/05/2021

Caroline Goodall

Director/Board Member	31/12/2012	31/12/2018
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/2012	31/12/2018

Michael Law

Director/Board Member	30/06/2013	16/05/2018
Chief Operating Officer	13/05/2014	26/07/2018
Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/1994	13/05/2014

Robert Barton

Chairman

31/12/2001

31/07/2017

Stephen David Barber

Director/Board Member	31/05/2007	17/05/2017
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/05/2007	17/05/2017

Jonathan Dawson

Director/Board Member	12/05/2004	13/05/2015
Independent Dir/Board Member	28/10/2010	13/05/2015

David Keens

Director/Board Member	28/10/2010	23/03/2015
Director of Finance/CFO	31/12/1990	23/03/2015
Investor Relations Contact	16/08/2009	23/03/2015
Treasurer	31/12/1985	31/12/1990

Christos Angelides

Director/Board Member	12/08/2009	09/06/2014
Corporate Officer/Principal	12/08/2009	14/09/2014

Andrew John Varley

Director/Board Member	12/08/2009	30/05/2013
Corporate Officer/Principal	12/08/2009	29/06/2014

Christine Cross

Director/Board Member	18/01/2005	14/05/2014
Independent Dir/Board Member	08/06/2011	14/05/2014

Paul Gardner

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2010

Nicholas G. Brookes

Director/Board Member

29/05/2010

Richard Price

Sales & Marketing

31/08/1989

30/04/2005

Bill Barnes

Director of Finance/CFO	31/12/1988	31/12/2002
Corporate Secretary	31/12/1988	31/12/2002

Brian Pitman

Chairman

31/12/1997

31/12/2001

Anthony Stephen Grabiner

Director/Board Member

31/12/2001

Kate Bostock

Corporate Officer/Principal

Mark Newton-Jones

Corporate Officer/Principal

Karl Doyle

Sales & Marketing

Cielo Cartwright

Corporate Officer/Principal

Helen Connolly

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ian Blackwell

Corporate Secretary

James McCarthy

Corporate Officer/Principal

Penny Hughes

Director-Back Office Operation	-	12/08/2009
Director/Board Member	12/08/2009	-

Rose Foster

Sales & Marketing

Georgie Donaghy

Public Communications Contact

Ian Bedford

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Peter Ahye

Corporate Officer/Principal

David C. Jones

Chairman

Matthew Taylor

Corporate Officer/Principal

Derek Nigel Donald Netherton

Director/Board Member

Sandra Margaret Verdon

Corporate Officer/Principal

Peter C. Hartley

Corporate Officer/Principal

Andrew J. R. McKinlay

Corporate Secretary

Mark Symes

Corporate Officer/Principal

Hepworth Joseph

Founder

31/12/1910

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	9
Female	7

Of which Executive Committee

Male	3
Female	2

Of which Directors

Male	8
Female	5

Revisions

Recommandations analystes

Évolution recommandations analystes 1 an

Évolution recommandations analystes 4 mois

Objectif analystes

Évolution objectif analystes 1 an

Évolution objectif analystes 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

Next plc specializes in the design and distribution of ready-to-wear clothing (for women, men, children), accessories, costume jewelry and home products. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - ready-to-wear clothing distribution (69.5%): mail order (57.9% of net sales; telephone orders, on-line sales) and sales generated by Next stores in the United Kingdom (42.1%; over 800 stores); - international distribution (14.7%): operation of over 200 franchised stores; - credit allocation (4.7%); - other (11.1%). Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (81.6%), Europe (10.9%), Middle East (4.8%), Asia (0.8%) and other (1.9%).

Employees

32,931

Sector

Apparel & Accessories Retailers

Calendar

03-26 - Earnings release - Annual 2026

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