Board of Directors

Brian McBride

Chair

• N Chair of Nomination Committee

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 Abrdn plc, AO World plc, Computacenter PLC, SThree PLC and Celtic FC PLC. He was previously Lead Non-executive Director on the Defence Board of the UK Ministry of Defence, a member of the Board of the BBC, and of the Advisory Board of Huawei UK.

Other appointments

Brian is a Senior Adviser to Scottish Equity Partners and Chair of the Public Interest Committee at KPMG.

Jody Ford

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

Skills and experience

Prior to Trainline, Jody held the position of CEO at Photobox Group, Europe’s leading personalisation business, encompassing the Moonpig and Photobox brands. Prior to Photobox Group, he spent ten years at eBay, latterly in California, leading the Growth function globally. Jody holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BA in Economics and Politics from Exeter University.

Other appointments

Non-executive Director at the BBC.

Pete Wood

Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer

Skills and experience

Pete joined Trainline in February 2015 becoming CFO in December 2022. Prior to this he served as VP Finance leading financial control, planning and analysis, and had a central role in engagement with industry and regulatory stakeholders. Pete also played a key role in the IPO.

Prior to Trainline he spent 9 years at eBay both as a finance leader and in various commercial roles. Pete holds a Master's degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Other appointments

None

Jennifer Duvalier

Senior Independent Non-executive Director

• N Nomination Committee
• R Remuneration Committee
• A Audit and Risk Committee

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

Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the designated Non-executive Director for employee engagement of Mitie plc. Chair of the Remuneration Committee of NCC Group plc, and is Chair of the Sustainability Committee of The Cranemere Group Ltd.

Duncan Tatton-Brown

Independent Non-executive Director

• N Nomination Committee
• R Remuneration Committee
• A Chair of Audit and Risk Committee

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.

Other appointments

Non-Executive Chair of Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc and Chair of Loveholidays.com.

Rakhi Goss-Custard

Independent Non-executive Director

• N Nomination Committee
• R Chair of Remuneration Committee
• A Audit and Risk Committee

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. Most recently, Rakhi was a Non-executive Director of Rightmove plc, Kingfisher plc and Schroders plc.

Other appointments

None.

Andy Phillipps

Independent Non-executive Director

• N Nomination Committee
• R Remuneration Committee
• A Audit and Risk Committee

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. Andy is the co-founder of the Better Futures Programme at the University of Cambridge.

Other appointments

Member of the Investment Committee of iQ Capital, Non-executive Director of Thought Machine, Cambridge Angels and Prodigy Finance.

Marie Lalleman

Independent Non-executive Director

• N Nomination Committee
• R Remuneration Committee
• A Audit and Risk Committee

Skills and experience

Marie has a wealth of experience of data-driven strategic growth and consumer behaviours having spent 29 years at Nielsen ultimately as Executive Vice President. And, was Chair of Nomination and Remuneration Committee at Patrizia SE, listed on the German SDAX. Marie holds a diploma in International Business Management and Administration from Kedge School of Business and is based in France.

Other appointments

Marie is Chair of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee at Criteo SA, which is NASDAQ listed. She is also a Global External Advisor at Bain & Company, Chair of the Advisory Board of Vusion, a member of the Advisory Board of TechForRetail and a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee at Payfit.