Board of Directors

Quentin was previously Managing Director of Yardley of London Ltd/Wipro Consumer Care between 2010-2020. Prior to that, he was Marketing Director at Coty, with responsibility for the Rimmel cosmetics brand; UK Brand Director at Swatch between 1999-2001 and Head of UK Marketing at global cosmetics company, Revlon between 1992-1999. In addition, he has first-hand knowledge of our brands having been Commercial Director between 2002 and 2006 at KMI brands with responsibility for the Fish brand and King of Shaves.

Geoff has had a distinguished career as an experienced Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operational Officer, with consistent achievement in international business development, combined with expertise in post-merger integration and restructuring. Geoff is a chartered accountant and previously was CFO at Proteome PLC. Between 1995 and 2009 Geoff held a variety of senior executive roles at Walt Disney Incorporated.

Roger was reappointed to the Board in March 2012 having previously served as a Non-Executive Director from July 2011 to January 2012. Roger was appointed Non Executive Chairman on the 28^th September 2020. Roger is an experienced director of over 30 years' standing: he led the Oliver Ashworth Group through dramatic growth, main market listing and sale to St. Gobain, following which he was appointed to a number of non-executive roles, including chairmanships in both public and private equity backed businesses. Roger currently serves as Chairman of Avingtrans plc, Chairman of Flowtech Fluidpower plc and Chairman of Hargreaves Services Plc. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Tribal Group plc, Proteome Sciences plc, and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc.

Chris was formerly the CEO of Swallowfield PLC (the previous name of the Group) and has recently held the position of interim CEO of Brand Architekts. Chris brings continuity, detailed knowledge of the business and extensive, relevant sector experience, having previously held senior UK and International leadership positions at PZ Cussons and Colgate Palmolive. Chris assumed the role of Chair of the Remuneration Committee on 28th September 2020.

Amy joined as Non-Executive Director on 1st March 2022. Amy is an experienced senior executive with over 20 years’ worth of expertise in driving strategic growth for global brands in retail, beauty and publishing sectors. She has worked with a variety of companies, from start-ups to world-renowned privately-owned businesses, delivering growth and improving profitability. Amy has a track record of modernising brands via digital commerce and marketing in order to drive competitive advantage. Amy is currently Co-CEO of Positive Luxury, the only sustainability assessment tailor-made for the luxury industry. Prior to this, Amy spent five years as Group CEO at Clive Christian Group and four years as President & CEO at Molton Brown (Kao group).