P Vicary-Smith (Independent NonExecutive Director) joined the Board in July 2021. Mr Vicary-Smith was for 14 years the Chief Executive of the consumer organisation Which?. Prior to that his background was in marketing, and included roles as a strategy consultant at McKinsey, leading fundraising for Oxfam, and as Commercial Director at Cancer Research UK.
He is Chair of Oxford Brookes University and of the BMJ Publishing Group and advises both established companies and digital start-ups on engaging with their customers and putting their customers’ needs front and centre of decision-making. He is a member of the AC, R&CSC and Remuneration and Nomination Committees and has a special focus on the Group’s customers.