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Directors’ Report and Business Review
1. HELEn BucK 4. ADRiAn giLL 7. DAViD nEWnES
independent non Executive Director independent non Executive Director Executive Director, Estate Agency
Helen was appointed as an Independent Non Adrian was appointed as an Independent Non David has been with LSL since 1980 and was part
Executive Director in December 2011. She is also Executive Director in September 2012. He was of the management buy out team. David was
a member of the operating board of Sainsbury’s previously an executive director at Connells appointed as an Executive Director in May 2010
Supermarkets Ltd (retail director). Helen joined Limited (Connells), the national estate agency with overall responsibility for the performance,
Sainsbury’s in 2005 and, after spending four years business of the Skipton Building Society Group, strategy and development of the Estate
running Brand Communications, moved to Trading for over 10 years. Prior to his role at Connells, Agency Division across LSL. David has extensive
as business unit director, Grocery in 2009 and then Adrian was managing director of Lush Retail experience within the estate agency industry,
ran the Convenience division for two years. Before Limited (UK & Ireland). Adrian is a chartered is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered
joining Sainsbury’s, Helen held a number of senior accountant. Surveyors and holds memberships of both the
positions at M&S, Woolworths and Safeway and Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA)
was a senior manager at McKinsey and Co. 5. RogER MAttHEWS and the National Estate Agency Association
non Executive chairman and chairman of (NAEA). David is also a trustee of the Estate
2. StEVE cooKE the nominations committee Agency Foundation and a director of The Property
group Finance Director Roger was appointed Chairman of LSL and Ombudsman scheme (TPO).
Steve was appointed Group Finance Director in Chairman of the Nominations Committee in
July 2010 and is responsible for all aspects of the October 2006 and is currently also non executive 8. MARK PAin
financial management of LSL. Previously Steve was chairman of MITIE Group plc and non executive independent non Executive Director and
chief operating officer of Bestinvest, the 3i backed chairman of Pertemps Network Group Limited. chairman of the Remuneration committee
wealth management business and before that was He was formerly chairman of Sainsbury’s Bank plc Mark was appointed as an Independent Non
chief financial officer of Mapeley, the FTSE 250 and Land of Leather Holdings plc, group finance Executive Director and Chairman of the
property company. He was also CFO of Energis as director of J. Sainsbury plc, managing director Remuneration Committee in July 2009. He brings
part of the new management team which delivered and finance director of Compass Group plc and with him a wealth of experience as a FTSE 100
a successful turnaround before selling the business worked for Grand Metropolitan plc, Cadbury main board director covering a range of sectors
to Cable and Wireless. Steve trained with Coopers Schweppes plc and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. including property, media, housebuilding, retail
and Lybrand and on qualifying as a chartered Roger is a chartered accountant and is also a and wholesale banking, consumer and business
accountant worked as a strategy consultant for trustee of Cancer Research UK. finance, and life assurance. Mark served as chief
OC&C followed by senior finance and operational financial officer of Barratt Developments plc
roles in the Sainsbury’s and Kingfisher Groups. 6. MARK MoRRiS from 2006 to 2009. He was previously at Abbey
Senior independent non Executive Director National Group plc, where he held a number of
3. SiMon EMBLEy and chairman of the Audit committee senior management roles including group finance
group chief Executive officer Mark was appointed as an Independent Non director and customer sales director. Mark is a non
Simon became the Group Chief Executive Officer Exeuctive Director, the Senior Independent Non executive director of Johnston Press plc, where he
at the time of the management buy out of e.surv Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit is the senior independent non executive director
Chartered Surveyors and Your Move from Aviva Committee in October 2006. Mark has many and chairs the audit committee. Mark is a non
(formerly Norwich Union Life) in 2004. Prior to years’ experience of business management executive director at Aviva and London Square
the management buy out, Simon was responsible with particular focus on growing businesses and also a trustee of Somerset House and a Fellow
for the strategic direction of these companies, and mergers and acquisitions. Mark is a of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
and subsequent to the management buy out chartered accountant and worked for 12 years
Simon has overseen and been responsible at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Mark is currently 9. SAPnA FitZgERALD
for the turnaround of the initial Group from a non executive director and audit committee Head of Legal and company Secretary
heavily loss-making business to the successful chairman at HomeServe plc and works with a Sapna is a solicitor (qualified in 1998) and has
business it is today. As the Group Chief Executive number of entrepreneurial private companies. been in the role of Company Secretary at LSL
Officer, he has the primary responsibility for the Mark previously worked at Sytner Group as since 2004. Prior to the management buy out
performance, strategy and development of LSL finance director and managing director from 1995 of Your Move and e.surv Chartered Surveyors,
and in this role he has been instrumental in taking to 2005 including the period during which it was Sapna was a member of Aviva Life Legal Services
the business forward in a downturn through both listed on the London Stock Exchange. and had since 2001 formed part of the team
organic growth (including the development of that supported Your Move and e.surv Chartered
counter cyclical income) and selective strategic Surveyors.
acquisitions.
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