Daniel Bernard
Chairman
Management
Joined the Board as Deputy Chairman on 24 May 2006 before being appointed Chairman on 3 June 2009. He was Chairman and Chief Executive of Carrefour, the Paris-based retail group and world's second largest retailer, from 1992 to 2005. Prior to Carrefour, he was Chief Operating Officer of METRO, Germany's leading international retailer. He is President of Provestis, his own investment company and a Non-Executive Director of Alcatel Lucent and Capgemini. He is also President of the HEC Foundation in Paris. He was previously a Non-Executive Director of Compagnie de St Gobain until June 2006. Age 63.
Ian Cheshire
Group Chief Executive
Appointed to the Board in June 2000 and as Group Chief Executive in January 2008. He was previously Chief Executive, B&Q UK from June 2005. He was appointed Chief Executive International and Development in September 2002, Chief Executive of e-Kingfisher in May 2000 and was Group Director of Strategy & Development. Before joining Kingfisher he worked for a number of retail businesses including Sears plc where he was Group Commercial Director. He is also a member of the Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change and a Member of the Employers' Forum on Disability President's Group. Age 49.
Kevin O'Byrne
Group Finance Director
Appointed to the Board as Group Finance Director in October 2008. He was previously Group Finance Director of DSG International for four years and prior to that its Retail Finance Director. From 2000 to 2002 he was Chief Financial Officer of Hemscott and between 1995 and 2000 he was European Finance Director at Quaker Oats Limited. He started his career at Arthur Andersen. He is also a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Land Securities Group plc. Age 44.
John Nelson
Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director
Appointed to the Board in January 2002 and succeeded Daniel Bernard as Deputy Chairman on 3 June 2009 whilst retaining his role as Senior Independent Director. He is Chairman of European real estate group, Hammerson plc, Senior Advisor to Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP and Director of Cazenove Group Limited and JP Morgan Cazenove Holdings Limited. He retired as Chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) in 2002 and was formerly Vice Chairman of Lazard Brothers, Non-Executive Director of BT Group plc and Non-Executive Director of Woolwich plc. Age 61.
Phil Bentley
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board in October 2002. He is also Managing Director of British Gas, and has been on the Board of Centrica plc since 2000, when he joined as Group Finance Director. He previously spent five years at Diageo plc and 15 years in international finance roles at BP plc. Age 50.
Anders Dahlvig
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board in December 2009. He was previously Chief Executive and President of The IKEA Group from 1999 to 2009, having spent 26 years with the company. Prior to becoming Chief Executive, he was Vice President of IKEA Europe from 1997 to 1999 and Managing Director of IKEA UK from 1993 to 1997. He is Chairman of The New Wave Group and a member of the Advisory Board of Lund University Business School. Age 52.
Michael Hepher
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board in September 1997. He is Non-Executive Director of Catlin Group Ltd, Canada Life (U.K.) Ltd and Great West Life Assurance Company. His former roles include Non-Executive Chairman of Lane, Clark and Peacock, Non-Executive Chairman of TeleCity plc, Chairman and Chief Executive of Charterhouse plc, Group Managing Director of BT plc and Non-Executive Director of Diageo plc and Lloyds Bank plc. Age 65.
Janis Kong
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board in December 2006. She is a Non-Executive Director of Portmeirion Group PLC and VisitBritain, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Forum for the Future. She was previously a Non-Executive Director of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and, until her retirement in March 2006, was a director of BAA plc and Chairman of Heathrow Airport Ltd for five years as well as being Chairman of Heathrow Express. Prior to that she was Managing Director of Gatwick Airport and has held a number of operational roles within BAA during her 33-year career with the company. Age 58.
Key and Other Information
Audit Committee
Remuneration Committee
Nomination Committee
Nick Folland
Joined Kingfisher in May 2007 and appointed Company Secretary and Director of Governance & Corporate Services on 1 August 2007. He has responsibility for the company secretariat, all legal affairs, corporate governance matters and the Kingfisher Group’s corporate social responsibility programme. He was previously Company Secretary and Group Legal Director of Emap (2001-2007) and Company Secretary and Group Head of Legal at 365 Corporation plc. He trained with Linklaters & Paines and worked for them in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. Born 1965.
