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About us/Our management team
The board of directors - click on the image for a biography or scroll down
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Chief Executive -
Giles Thorley, 42
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Finance Director -
Phil Dutton, 48 |
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Managing Director - Punch Partnerships (Leased) -
Roger Whiteside, 51
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Managing Director - Punch Pub Company (Managed) -
Mike Tye, 56 |
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Independent Non-executive Chairman -
Peter Cawdron, 66 |
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Senior Independent Non-executive Director -
Fritz Ternofsky, 66 |
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Independent Non-executive Director -
Ian Fraser, 52 |
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Independent Non-executive Director -
Mike Foster, 64 |
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Independent Non-executive Director -
Mark Pain, 48 |
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Independent Non-executive Director -
Ian Wilson, 52 |
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Independent Non-executive Director -
Tony Rice, 57 |
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Giles Thorley - Chief Executive
Giles Thorley, 42, was appointed Chief Executive of Punch in January 2003, having joined Punch as Executive Chairman in December 2001. After qualifying as a Barrister, his early career was at Nomura International plc. He successfully led the IPO of Punch in May 2002 and has seen the business through the subsequent acquisitions including Pubmaster in 2003 and Spirit Group in 2006. Giles is also Non-executive Chairman of Tragus Ltd, a Non-executive Director of Tui Travel plc and a trustee of the Rona Trust.
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Phil Dutton - Finance Director
Phil Dutton, 48, was appointed Finance Director in September 2007 after previously holding the position of Non-executive Director of Punch. Phil was Finance Director of Matalan plc where he had been since 2002. Prior to this he had worked in various finance and IT roles at Asda, joining them in 1990. Phil is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
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Roger Whiteside - Managing Director - Punch Partnerships (Leased)
Roger Whiteside, 51, was appointed to the Executive Board of Punch in November 2008 as Managing Director of Punch Partnerships. Roger has approaching 30 years experience in Retail, notably with Marks & Spencer plc (1979 to 2000), Ocado and Thresher. Roger has considerable experience in leadership roles having sat on the Marks & Spencer UK Operating Board as Head of Food and he was Joint Managing Director at Ocado from 2000 to 2003. Most recently, Roger joined the Thresher Group where he was CEO from 2004 until 2007 during which time he led the strategic review that culminated in the restructuring and subsequent successful sale of Thresher. In addition, Roger is a Non Executive Director of Greggs plc.
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Mike Tye - Managing Director - Punch Pub Company (Managed)
Mike Tye, 56, was appointed to the Executive Board of Punch in July 2008. Mike has spent nearly 20 years working in many different areas of the leisure business, mainly with Whitbread, Forte and Aramark. In recent years, he has been Managing Director of Costa Coffee; Managing Director of Premier Travel Inn (where he led the acquisition and integration of Premier Lodge to Travel Inn); and David Lloyd Leisure, where he led the business turnaround and sale of the company. He has spent a number of years working in the pub and casual dining markets, after an early career in managing FMCG brands and running his own wine and spirit retail and wholesale business.
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Peter Cawdron - Independent Non-executive Chairman
Peter Cawdron, 66, was appointed Non-executive Chairman in January 2007, having joined Punch as a Non-executive Director in May 2003. He retired from the Board of Grand Metropolitan plc in 1997, where he had held the position of Group Strategy Director for 10 years and Group Planning Director for four years. Previously, he had spent six years in the United States as Chief Financial Officer of D’Arcy MacManus & Masius Worldwide, Inc., the international advertising agency business based in New York and 7 years at S.G.Warburg & Co. Ltd in London. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1966 at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. He is also Chairman of Spice plc and a Non-executive Director of ProStrakan plc, Johnston Press plc and BUPA.
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Fritz Ternofsky - Senior Independent Non-executive Director
Fritz Ternofsky, 66, was appointed Senior Independent Non-executive Director of Punch in May 2002. He was previously a member of the board of Compass from 1993 to 2000, also serving as Chief Executive for UK and Scandinavia from 1993 to 1999. He is currently Chairman of Albion Income & Growth VCT plc, Kew Green Hotels and Wates Group, a privately owned construction company.
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Ian Fraser - Independent Non-executive Director
Ian Fraser, 52, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director in September 2004. He started his professional career with Deloitte in Glasgow and Paris, qualifying as an accountant in 1981. From this he moved to hold various financial positions with Esmark, Schlumberger and ADT before joining Safeway Stores in the UK in 1989 as a member of the commercial team. Following several senior positions Ian was appointed as Buying Director of Safeway in 1994. In 2000 he joined Orange UK to lead the Retail and Distribution Division and was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the UK group in 2003. In February 2005 he was appointed by CVC as CEO of Kwik Fit, a role he continues following the successful sale to PAI. Ian is a graduate of The University of Glasgow, a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
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Mike Foster - Independent Non-executive Director
Mike Foster, 64, was appointed Independent Non-executive Director of Punch with effect from May 2002. Prior to his appointment he was Chief Executive of Inntrepreneur Estates from 1995 until 1998, Chief Executive of Courage Ltd from 1987 until 1995, Chairman of Leisure Link Ltd from 1998 until its sale in 2001, Chairman of the British Beer & Pub Association from 1998 until 2001 and Non-executive Director of Geest from 1993 until 1999. He currently has two other Non-executive Directorships: Roxton Bailey Robinson Ltd and Innserve Ltd.
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Mark Pain - Independent Non-executive Director
Mark Pain, 48, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director in December 2007. He brings with him a wealth of experience as a FTSE 100 main board director covering a range of sectors including property, media, housebuilding, retail and wholesale banking, consumer and business finance, and life assurance. Mark served as Chief Financial Officer of Barratt Developments plc from 2006 to 2009. He was previously at Abbey National Group plc, where he held a number of senior management roles from 1989 to 2005, including Group Finance Director from 1998 to 2001 and Customer Sales Director from 2002 to 2005. Mark is a Non-executive Director of Johnston Press plc, where he chairs the Audit Committee and is a Non-executive Director of LSL Property Services plc, where he chairs the Remuneration Committee. Mark is also a trustee of Somerset House. Mark is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA).
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Tony Rice - Independent Non-executive Director
Tony Rice, 57, was appointed Independent Non-executive Director in December 2007 and brings with him many years’ experience at board level with some of the UK’s leading companies. He spent 16 years with BAE Systems (formerly British Aerospace) where he had various roles from 1986 to 2002, culminating in the role of Group Managing Director of Commercial Aircraft responsible for the UK Airbus and commercial aircraft business. He then spent three years at Tunstall plc as Chief Executive from 2002 until its sale to Bridgepoint in 2005. Tony is Chief Executive Officer of Cable and Wireless International where he is responsible for the international business consisting of 38 telecoms companies in various locations around the world. Tony was also a Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Cable and & Wireless from 2003 to 2006 and at Telewest from 2000 to 2003.
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Ian Wilson - Independent Non-Executive Director
Ian Wilson, 52, was appointed Independent Non-executive Director in December 2007 and has over 20 years' experience as a corporate lawyer and investment banker. Ian was an Elected Partner at Baker & McKenzie’s Sydney office in 1986 where he specialised in corporate finance and taxation. From there he had 14 years at UBS Australasia, initially as Executive Director Private Equity from 1986-1993 before moving on to become Deputy Chairman and Managing Director in UBS Australia / NZ Corporate Finance operations from 1993-2000. Ian is currently Strategic Development Director of Amcor Ltd, the Australian based leading global speciality plastics packaging company, where he has been responsible for overall strategic development of the Group since 2000. He has also been Chairman of Amcor Flexibles Europe A/S since 2002 and Chairman of TMF-Group BV, the Amsterdam based administrative services outsourcing business, from 2005-2008 and currently Managing Director of TMF Group Holdco B.V.
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