Meet the Team

Martin Toogood
Independent Non-Executive Chairman

Martin Toogood joined the Group as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1st April 2009 and was appointed Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 6th November in the same year.

Martin has considerable experience at Executive and Non-Executive level, most recently with ILVA in Scandinavia and the UK, B&Q in the UK, Carpetright in the UK and Europe, and Habitat in the UK and internationally.

Médéric Payne
Chief Executive Officer

Médéric Payne joined the Group on the 25th August 2022 as Chief Executive Officer from Al-Futtaim Group based in the Middle East.

He has held several key international Executive roles, notably within Landmark Group as CEO for Homecentre and at Kingfisher plc as CEO for Castorama RU.

In his recent role as CEO, his main focus has been the growth, turnaround and digital transformation of a number of well-known brands within his retail portfolio in MENA. Médéric has considerable experience in supply, chain, sales and innovation in both mature and developing markets.

Tanya Ashton
Independent Non-Executive Director

Tanya Ashton joined the Group on 10th May 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director, with over 20 years’ experience in strategic marketing and brand development roles.

Tanya currently acts as Head of Sustainability at The Boots Group, Global Sourcing Europe. She also holds a Non-Executive Director position and acts as a sustainability subject matter expert at AIM-listed M.P. Evans Group plc, and was formally a Board member and Director of The Sustainability Consortium.

Conleth Campbell
Chief Financial Officer

Conleth Campbell joined the Group on 2nd October 2023 as Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary, with more than 25 years’ of experience in public Company environments. He has developed and led finance teams, with strong expertise in Capital Markets including M&A and Investor Relations.

He was previously Group Financial Controller at Genuit Group plc. He has also held the position of Head of Capital Markets (Investor Relations and Treasury) at Croda International plc. He is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and began his career at Mazars.