Our Board Of Directors | Trainline plc (LSE: TRN)

Brian McBride

Chair

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Brian McBride

Chair

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Skills and experience

Brian has a strong track record in leading businesses having held many senior positions throughout his career including Chair of ASOS from 2012 to 2018 and Chief Executive Officer of Amazon.co.uk from 2006 to 2011. He has also held Non-executive Director positions at AO World plc, Computacenter PLC, SThree PLC and Celtic FC PLC. He was previously on the Board of the BBC and was a member of the Advisory Board of Huawei UK.

Other appointments

Non-executive Director at Abrdn plc. Brian is also President of the CBI, a Senior Adviser to Scottish Equity Partners and Lead Non-executive Director on the Defence Board of the UK Ministry of Defence.

Jody Ford

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

Jennifer Duvalier

Senior Independent Non-executive Director

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Jennifer Duvalier

Senior Independent Non-executive Director

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Skills and experience

Jennifer was Executive Vice President, People, for ARM Holdings plc with responsibility for all People and Internal Communications globally from 2013 to 2017. Prior to ARM, Jennifer was Group People and Culture Director at UBM plc from 2007 to 2013 and Group HR Director at Emap plc from 2003 to 2007. Jennifer holds an MA (Hons) from the University of Oxford in English and French.

Other appointments

Non-executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Mitie plc and Remuneration Committee Chair of NCC Group plc. Jennifer is also a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Guardian Media Group plc and a Nonexecutive Director and Chair of the Sustainability, People and Diversity Committee of The Cranemere Group Ltd.

Duncan Tatton-Brown

Independent Non-executive Director

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Duncan Tatton-Brown

Independent Non-executive Director

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Skills and experience

Duncan was Chief Financial Officer of Ocado plc from September 2012 to November 2020. Prior to joining Ocado, Duncan held the Chief Financial Officer’s role at Fitness First plc, and prior to that, Duncan was Group Finance Director of Kingfisher plc. He has also been Finance Director of B&Q plc and Chief Financial Officer of Virgin Entertainment Group and held various senior finance positions at Burton Group Plc. Until July 2018, Duncan was a Non-executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Zoopla Property Group PLC. Prior to this, he was a Nonexecutive Director and Audit Committee Chair of Rentokil Initial plc. Duncan holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from King’s College, Cambridge. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Other appointments

Non-executive Director of Cazoo Group Ltd, Non-Executive Chair of Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc, Chair of Loveholidays.com and Senior Adviser to Ocado Group and Non-executive Director of certain Ocado Group subsidiaries.

Rakhi Goss-Custard

Independent Non-executive Director

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Rakhi Goss-Custard

Independent Non-executive Director

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Skills and experience

Rakhi has extensive expertise in customer experience and innovation having spent 12 years at Amazon in various senior leadership positions. Prior to joining Amazon Rakhi held roles at TomTom and US management consulting firm Oliver Wyman. Rakhi holds a BA in Marketing and Communications from the University of Pennsylvania.

Other appointments

Non-executive Director at Rightmove plc, Kingfisher plc and Schroders plc.

Andy Phillipps

Independent Non-executive Director

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Andy Phillipps

Independent Non-executive Director

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Skills and experience

Andy brings a wealth of experience in e-commerce and significant knowledge of technology and marketplaces from his previous role as CEO of Priceline International and Chair of Toptable.com, both now part of Booking. com. Andy is currently an adviser for iQ Capital, a deep technology venture capital firm, and was previously a Non-executive Director of Albion Development VCT PLC, an investor in higher growth businesses with a strong focus on technology companies. Most recently Andy was a Fellow at Stanford University’s Distinguished Career Institute.

Other appointments

Member of the investment Committee of iQ Capital, Non-executive Director of Thought Machine, Cambridge Angels and Prodigy Finance, Fellow at the Judge Business School at Cambridge University and regular lecturer at the London Business School and INSEAD (France).

Board of Directors

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Brian McBride

Brian McBride

Skills and experience

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Jody Ford

Jody Ford

Skills and experience

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Jennifer Duvalier

Jennifer Duvalier

Skills and experience

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Duncan Tatton-Brown

Duncan Tatton-Brown

Skills and experience

Other appointments

Rakhi Goss-Custard

Rakhi Goss-Custard

Skills and experience

Other appointments

Andy Phillipps

Andy Phillipps

Skills and experience

Other appointments

Board of Directors

Meet the team

Brian McBride

Brian McBride

Skills and experience

Other appointments

Jody Ford

Jody Ford

Skills and experience

Other appointments

Jennifer Duvalier

Jennifer Duvalier

Skills and experience

Other appointments

Duncan Tatton-Brown

Duncan Tatton-Brown

Skills and experience

Other appointments

Rakhi Goss-Custard

Rakhi Goss-Custard

Skills and experience

Other appointments

Andy Phillipps

Andy Phillipps

Skills and experience

Other appointments

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