LXB Retail Properties Plc has a strong and independent board of non-executive directors with significant relevant experience, chaired by Phil Wrigley.
Phil Wrigley
Non-Executive Director and Chairman
Phil Wrigley took the Executive Chairmanship of Habitat in June this year and will take the Chairmanship of Majestic Wine Plc this August. In September 2009 he founded Madison Capital LLP to invest in and support emerging companies with significant opportunities to grow and create value.
He stepped down as Chairman of the New Look Group in January 2010. He has twenty five years experience in retail. He transformed New Look from a "small cap public company" into private ownership and to the third largest womenswear retailer in the UK with rapid global growth.
Phil has led change programmes in a number of retail businesses embracing all aspects of retail. He has led merger and acquisition activities in the UK and overseas whilst maintaining a particular focus on building strong and successful management teams.
In his retail career he has worked as a Director in the New Look Group, Bhs, Dorothy Perkins and Debenhams and held responsibility for all the primary roles in retail from buying and merchandising, logistics, retail operations and marketing to finance.
Phil is also a member of the Policy Exchange Education Committee, the British Fashion Council and participates in a number of retail / property advisory Boards.
Steve Webb
Non Executive Director
Steve Webb is currently investor relations director at Tesco. Steve joined Tesco in 2004 and was promoted to Tesco’s retail council in 2007. He spent 15 years at Safeway Plc in a variety of strategy and planning roles, latterly as a member of its operations board.
Steve’s early career was in retail analysis at Verdict Research, where he was a partner and major shareholder, and at Lehman Brothers where he was an equity analyst on food and general retail.
Danny Kitchen
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee
Danny Kitchen is currently chairman of Irish Nationwide Building Society, having been appointed to the Board in 2008. He is also a member of the Irish Takeover Panel. Danny has extensive experience in both property and finance, having served as finance director of Green Property Plc from 1994 to 2002 and deputy chief executive officer of Heron International from 2003 to 2008. Whilst at Green Property, Danny was involved in two rights issues, a successful hostile bid for a UK listed company, and saw the net assets of the company grow from €100 million to €2 billion. Other roles have included nine years as a Non-Executive director of Kingspan Plc.
Danny is resident in Ireland.
Alastair Irvine
Non-Executive Director
Alastair Irvine is the former joint managing director of the A McLelland & Son Group which he joined in 1989. His responsibilities included group strategy and commercial development, including the launch and brand building of “Seriously Strong” cheddar into the UK second largest cheese brand. Alastair and his family sold McLelland in 2004 to the French multinational Lactalis. Turnover prior to sale was in the region of £160 million.
Alastair is resident in Portugal
George Baird
Non-Executive Director
George Baird graduated with a law degree, after which he began his career training as an accountant, and past roles have included Treasurer of the States of Jersey and finance and operations director of Mourant Group.
George’s current directorships include the non-executive chairmanship of Invesco Leveraged High Yield Fund Ltd, Geiger Counter Ltd and Saltus European Debt Strategies Ltd. George is also a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee for Thread Green Industrial Ltd and until recently held the same roles at Economic Lifestyle Property Investment Co Ltd.
George is resident in Jersey.
