Christopher Rogers

Christopher was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director on 22 April 2018 and is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. He is currently senior independent director of Travis Perkins plc, chairman of Rush Hair Group Limited, non-executive director of Kerry Group plc and non-executive director of Walker Greenbank plc. From 2005 to 2016, Christopher was an executive director of Whitbread plc where he served as group finance director from 2005 to 2012 and as global managing director of Costa Coffee from 2012 to 2016.

He was group finance director of Woolworth Group plc and chairman of the Woolworth Entertainment businesses from 2001 to 2005 and prior to that held senior roles in both the finance and commercial functions in Comet Group plc and Kingfisher plc. Christopher was also a non-executive director of HMV Group plc from 2006 to 2012 where he was chair of the audit committee.

Christopher qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse and is a visiting fellow at Durham University. Christopher is based in the UK and graduated with a degree in economics from Durham University.