Patrick spent 14 years as Group CEO of Greencore Group plc, having joined in 2005 as CFO. Patrick has also held a non-executive director position on Glanbia plc. Prior to Greencore, he worked for nine years at McKinsey & Company in Europe and North America, latterly as Managing Partner for Ireland.

External appointments

• Patrick serves as a non-executive director of OFI Group Limited

Jonathan began his career in Unilever plc’s management development programme before joining OC&C as a start-up, where he was part of its rapid growth and development to become a leading international consulting firm. Jonathan then spent nine years at Safeway plc (with five years on the Executive Board as Finance Director).

He holds a degree in Chemistry from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD Business School, France.

External appointments

• Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Assura plc.

Mark began his career at Schroders before moving to ICI (now Astra- Zeneca) and Colgate-Palmolive in a variety of marketing and management positions. Mark then joined Greene King as Managing Director before spending four years as CEO of Pizza Express.

Mark holds a modern languages degree from Cambridge University.

Miles began his career at Arthur Andersen, before moving into food retail with Safeway plc, where he worked from 1992 to 2004 in a variety of finance roles. He then spent two years as Group Financial Controller of Lastminute.com.

Miles is a chartered accountant and holds a degree in law from Manchester University.

Kari has a track record of driving performance in both retail and branded FMCG businesses. She spent more than 20 years at Tesco where she held the role of CEO of Tesco Ireland for four years and spent three years as UK Commercial Director. Prior to Tesco, Kari held marketing and leadership positions at SC Johnson, Wella and Superdrug. She also currently serves as a Non-Executive Director at Topps Tiles plc.

Kari holds a degree in Geography from Kingston University.

Previously Jeremy spent over 10 years at Dixons Carphone, including four years as MD of Carphone Warehouse and had responsibility for the international airport chain Dixons Travel. Prior to this, Jeremy led the Dixons eCommerce business, developing a multichannel offer at Currys. Jeremy gained experience working in the Nordics as Category Director of market leader Elkjøp (with 400+ stores across the Nordics and Iceland).

Jeremy has a degree in Retail Management from Bournemouth University.

Prior to joining SSP, Sarah was Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs for Compass Group PLC from 2003 until 2014. She has also held positions at ABN AMRO, including as Head of Equity Research, Dresdner Kleinwort Wassterstein and Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Sarah has a BA (Hons) Business Studies and is also a trained Executive Coach.

Prior to SSP, Angela held Commercial Directorships at PizzaExpress and Greene King PLC.

Angela has a Business Studies degree from Napier University, Edinburgh.

Jonathan began his career in commercial development in Sainsburys before spending over 10 years in WHSmith in various roles including Business Development Director and General Manager Qatar.

Jonathan holds a Diploma in Management from Birkbeck University of London and a BA in Communication Media from Manchester Metropolitan University.

Fiona is a solicitor with more than 20 years’ international experience advising both private and FTSE/ ASX listed companies across a broad range of sectors. She has significant experience in strategic M&A, joint ventures and corporate governance. Prior to joining SSP, Fiona held senior corporate finance legal roles at Travers Smith LLP and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Sydney).

Fiona holds a LLB degree from Bristol University and a Post Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance & Investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

Mark spent 10 years at Accenture, working with clients such as Selfridges, Dixons, Argos and Sainsburys. He then moved to M&S as Head of HR Transformation before working at Tesco as CIO – Asia, with responsibility for technology across 2,500 stores across five countries.

Mark has a Computer Science degree from the University of Warwick.

Prior to SSP, Michael held various management and leadership roles at Compass Group plc, Eurest and Morrison Healthcare.

Michael has a degree in Business Management from Massachusetts Bay College, Massachusetts.

Sukh is a qualified CIMA Accountant and holds an MBA from Oxford Brookes University.