Leadership - Compass Group Board

Appointment Joined the Board in May 2006 and was appointed Group Chief Executive in June 2006.

Committee membership Corporate Responsibility, Executive Board, General Business and Nomination.

Skills and previous experience Richard spent six years as Chief Executive Officer of BPB plc, having previously held a number of positions with that company. His earlier career was with Cadbury Schweppes plc and BTR plc. He is also a former non-executive director of P & O plc, HBOS plc and Reckitt Benckiser Group plc.

Current external appointments Senior independent non-executive director of Tesco PLC and a Member of the Advisory Board of Lancaster University Business School.

Appointment Joined the Board in February 2012 and was appointed as Group Finance Director in April 2012. Appointed Group Chief Operating Officer, Europe on 1 December 2015.



Committee membership Corporate Responsibility, Disclosure, Executive and General Business.



Skills and previous experience Former Chief Financial Officer of Iglo Foods Group Limited, which Dominic joined from Cadbury Plc, where he was European Finance & Strategy Director, having previously held senior finance roles as Corporate Finance Director and Group Financial Controller. Prior to joining Cadbury Plc, Dominic was a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.



Current external appointments Non-Executive Director of Shire plc and a Member of the Academic Council of University College London.

 Appointment Joined the Board and appointed Group Finance Director on 1 December 2015.

Committee membership Corporate Responsibility, Disclosure, Executive Board and General Business.

Skills and previous experience Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Johnny joined the Group in  April 2009 as Finance Director for the Group’s Brazilian business. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer for the Brazilian business in October 2012 and, from 1 February 2014, became the Regional Managing Director for Latin America, comprising Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Prior to joining the Group, Johnny was Vice President Finance for the UK and Ireland Division of Hilton Hotels and served in a variety of audit, transactional services and international/client secondments at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

 Current external appointments None.

Appointment Appointed to the Board in June 2014.

Committee membership Remuneration (Chairman), Audit, Corporate Responsibility and Nomination.

Skills and previous experience Carol is a former partner in Deloitte LLP and was Vice Chairman of the UK business and former director of the Remuneration Consultants Group. Carol is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Current external appointments Adviser to Deloitte LLP, Member of Advisory Group for Spencer Stuart, and director and trustee of Northern Ballet Limited.

Appointment  Appointed to the Board in May 2016.

Committee membership  Audit, Corporate Responsibility, Nomination and Remuneration.

Skills and previous experience  Stefan was previously Regional President, Europe, Geneva at Bacardi Martini for five years and held a number of worldwide senior positions at Cadbury plc, Unilever PLC, Diageo plc, Burger King and Procter & Gamble.  He has extensive experience of working in international environments particularly relating to the operation, sales and marketing of well-known consumer food and drink brands.

Current external appointments Chief Executive Officer of Inchcape plc.

Appointment Appointed to the Board in October 2007.

Committee membership Corporate Responsibility (Chairman), Audit, Nomination and Remuneration.

Skills and previous experience Susan is a former Chairman of Farrow & Ball, a former non-executive director of Pernod Ricard S.A., Imperial Tobacco PLC, Enterprise Inns Plc, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, SSL International PLC and Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC, and former Chief Executive of Littlewoods Stores Limited. She is also former Worldwide President and Chief Executive of The Pierre Smirnoff Company, part of Diageo plc, and a former Council Member of the Advertising Standards Authority.

Current external appointments Non-executive director of Grafton Group plc, Director of  Boparan Holdings Limited trading as 2 Sisters Food Group and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Appointment Appointed to the Board in July 2015

Committee membership Audit, Corporate Responsibility, Nomination and Remuneration.

Skills and previous experience Nelson was formerly President of the Aluminium business unit at BHP Billiton, based in the UK. Prior to joining BHP Billiton, he held a number of senior positions at Vale, including Sales and Marketing Director based in Belgium, Japan and Brazil. Nelson was also Managing Director of Embraer for Europe and Africa based in France and Chief Executive Officer of All Logistica in Argentina.

Nelson previously held the position of Senior Vice President of BG Group plc responsible for Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay. He is a former board member of the Brazilian Institute of Oil and Gas, the Brazilian Association of Petroleum Companies and the Social and Development Council of Brazil’s Presidency. Nelson was formerly a senior consultant to BHP Billiton Brazil.

Current external appointments Nelson was appointed as Chief Strategy, Organisation and Management System Director of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. on 10 August 2016 and is a Board Member of the Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra. 

Appointment  Appointed to the Board in July 2015

Committee membership  Audit, Corporate Responsibility, Nomination and Remuneration.

Skills and previous experience Ireena was formerly a non-executive director of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare and Axis Bank Limited, Head of Marketing and Sales at Hutchinson Max Telecom and a former partner at McKinsey and Company.

Current external appointments Non-executive director of Zomato Media Private Limited, Godrej Consumer Products Limited, WIPRO Limited, The Indian Hotels Company Limited, Tata Global Beverages Limited, Tata Industries and Titan Company Limited.