Governance & regulatory information Directors and officers continued Peter Ruis Marion Sears Arja Taaveniku Independent Non-Independent Independent Non-Executive Non-Executive Non-Executive Director Director Director ANR I ND ANR I Key strengths Key strengths Key strengths A current CEO with deep experience in Extensive City, investor and banking A former CEO with a breadth of retail and brands, working for both large experience including mergers and knowledge from international home retail and more entrepreneurial organisations, acquisitions. Customer focused and businesses, with specific expertise in the with a particular expertise in marketing strategic. Long-standing plc experience strategic and operational development of and product. and shareholder understanding. customer propositions and product value chains, alongside environmental, social Dunelm role Dunelm role and governance (ESG) initiatives. As a Non-Executive Director, provides As a Non-Executive Director, provides strategic advice, monitors management strategic advice, monitors management Dunelm role performance and oversees risk performance and oversees risk As a Non-Executive Director, provides management. Regularly visits the Dunelm management. Regularly visits the Dunelm strategic advice, monitors management website, stores and non-store sites to website, stores and non-store sites to performance and oversees risk meet colleagues and members of the meet store colleagues and members management. Regularly visits the Dunelm senior management team and attends of the senior management team. Now website, stores and non-store sites to meetings of the National Colleague non-independent, as defined by tenure, meet colleagues and members of the Voice by rotation. Attends investor but asked to remain on the Board by senior management team and attends presentations. the Board members and Adderley meetings of the National Colleague Joined Dunelm Board family. Attends investor presentations. Voice by rotation. Attends investor Designated Non-Executive Director for presentations. September 2015. colleague matters and usually attends meetings of the National Colleague Voice. Joined Dunelm Board Previous experience February 2021. Managing Director of URBN Corporation Joined Dunelm Board (2018 to 2020), Chief Executive of Jigsaw July 2004. Marion was Senior Previous experience (2013 to 2018). Senior positions at John Independent Director and Chair of the Member of Group Executive Kingfisher Lewis Partnership (2005 to 2013), Levi Remuneration Committee from 2006 plc and CEO of its subsidiary, Kingfisher Strauss (2001 to 2004) and Ted Baker to 2015 and Chair of the Nominations International Products Limietd(2015 to (1997 to 2001). Committee until 2016. 2018). CEO of Ikano Group S.A. (2012 to 2015). Various leadership roles at IKEA Other commitments Previous experience Group including Global Business Area and relevant activities Robert Fleming, JP Morgan Investment Director (1989 to 2012). President of Indigo Canada. Banking. Other commitments Gender and ethnicity Other commitments and relevant activities Male, White British. and relevant activities Chair of the board at Svenska Non-Executive Director of Fidelity Handelsfastigheter AB, Non-Executive European Trust plc, Aberdeen New Director at Nobia Group, Non-Executive Dawn Investment Trust plc and Keywords Director at Handelsbanken Group. Studios plc, and Director of WA Capital Gender and ethnicity Limited. Member of Chapter Zero, the Directors’ Climate Forum, and a regular Female, White Swedish. attendee of its events. Past Chair of the Corporate Responsibility Committee at Persimmon plc. Gender and ethnicity Female, White British. 98 DUNELM GROUP PLC ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2021