Countrywide PLC
CWD:LN
Overview
Company Profile
Classification
Financials
Corporate
Board of Directors
Grenville Turner
Non-executive Chairman
Joined the Countrywide Group in August 2006 and became Group Chief Executive in January 2007. Taking the Group private in 2007 he then led the Group’s return to the public market in 2013 and became Non-Executive Chairman on 1st September 2014. Grenville has almost 40 years experience in retail banking and the property sector. Past Directorships have included Rightmove.co.uk, St James’s Place Plc, Sainsbury’s Bank Plc and Realogy the largest Realtor in the US. Currently, Grenville is Non-Executive Chairman of Countrywide plc, Chairman of Knightsbridge Student Housing Ltd and Bellpenny Ltd. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the Zoopla Property Group and DCLG. Grenville is a qualified Chartered Banker and holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.
Alison Platt
Group Chief Executive Officer
Joined the Group in September 2014. Alison was previously Managing Director at Bupa, responsible for International Development Markets, and has held a range of senior posts including Chief Operating Officer of UK private hospitals business at Bupa and a number of key positions in British Airways. In June 2012 Alison joined the Board of Cable & Wireless Communications plc as a non-executive director and between 2009 and 2013 Alison was Chair of ‘Opportunity Now’, which seeks to accelerate change for women in the workplace. Alison was also a non-executive director of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office between 2005 and 2010, and in the 2011 New Year Honours Alison was appointed a CMG for her services to the Board of the FCO.
David Watson
Deputy Chairman & Senior Independent Director
David Watson was appointed non-executive Director of the Company and Chairman of the Company\'s Audit and Risk Committee on the 2nd September 2013. David is currently a non-executive Director of Charles Taylor plc, Kames Capital plc, Hermes Fund Managers Limited and T R Property Investment Trust plc. He chairs the Audit Committees of Charles Taylor plc, Hermes Fund Managers Limited and T R Property Investment Trust plc. He has extensive industry and accounting experience. David has had a distinguished career as a Finance Director. Most recently he was Finance Director for the General Insurance Division of Aviva and prior to that he held various other senior financial roles at Aviva as well as Prudential Group and NatWest Markets. David is a Chartered Accountant and a graduate of City University Business School.
Jim Clarke
CFO
Jim Clarke joined the Group in November 2007. He was previously finance director and company secretary of JD Wetherspoon and has previously worked for David Lloyd Leisure (a division of Whitbread plc) and HP Bulmer Holdings plc. Mr. Clarke is a graduate of Stirling University and he qualified as a chartered accountant in 1984.
Caleb Kramer
Non-Executive Director
Caleb Kramer was appointed as a director in the Group in May 2009. He is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager (Europe) at Oaktree Capital Management (UK) LLP. Prior to joining Oaktree in 2000, Mr. Kramer co-founded Seneca Capital Partners LLC, a private equity investment firm. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Kramer was employed by Archon Capital Partners, an investment firm. Prior to 1994, Mr. Kramer was an associate in mergers and acquisitions at Dillon Read and Co. Inc. and an analyst at Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc. Mr. Kramer received a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Virginia.
Jane Lighting
Non-Executive Director
Jane has spent her career in broadcast media, including Chief Executive Officer of Channel 5 Broadcasting for five years until 2008. She was formerly Non-Executive Director at Paddy Power plc and is currently Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Trinity Mirror plc.
Cathy Turner
Non-Executive Director
Cathy Turner was appointed non-executive Director of the Company and Chairman of the Company’s Remuneration Committee on the 31st July 2013. Cathy is currently a Vice President of UNICEF UK and a member of the Board of the Royal College of Art and the Institute of Financial Services. Cathy has extensive industry experience working with Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young and Watson Wyatt as a compensation and benefits consultant in her early career. She subsequently joined Barclays PLC, where she was a member of the Group Executive Committee with responsibility for Human Resources, Corporate Affairs, Strategy and Brand and Marketing. During her time with Barclays she was also Director, Investor Relations for four years and had extensive experience in remuneration in her many roles. Most recently, she was Chief Administrative Officer of Lloyds Banking Group PLC. Cathy is a graduate of the University of Lancaster.
Richard Adam
Non-Executive Director
Richard was appointed as non-executive director of the company on 9 June 2014 and became Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee on 1 August 2014. A chartered accountant qualifying with KPMG in 1982, Richard has nearly 30 years of experience as Finance Director of private and listed businesses. Most recently, since April 2007, Richard has been Group Finance Director of Carillion plc and before that of Associated British Ports Holdings plc. He was previously non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of SSL International plc. He is a graduate of the University of Reading.
Rupert Gavin
Non-Executive Director
Rupert has a range of Board positions, at both Chairman and Director level in a variety of businesses, with a strong consumer bias. Most recently he was Chief Executive Officer at Odeon and UCI Cinemas Group between 2005 and 2014. He was previously at the BBC where he was Chairman and Chief Executive of BBC Worldwide and also at BT where he was Managing Director of the consumer division, prior to which he was at the Dixons Stores Group latterly as Deputy Managing Director.