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BRC DIRECTORS
Please find below details of the BRC's Directors.
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Stephen Robertson
Director General
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Stephen's career has spanned 14 years on the boards of major UK retailers building on earlier management roles with Mars Inc, Unilever and Alberto-Culver.
Stephen served for seven years as Marketing Director at B&Q plc before leading the acquisition of Screwfix Direct which he then chaired steering it through a period of strong growth. He went on to become Director of Communications at Kingfisher plc and took the helm of the Ellen MacArthur sponsorship.
Most recently Stephen served for 3 years on the retail board at Woolworth plc.
He is a former Chairman, and now Fellow, of the Marketing Society and acknowledged as one of the UK's top retail marketeers.
Tel: 020 7854 8911
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Andrew Opie
Director of Food and Consumer Policy
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Andrew heads up the food and consumer policy team which covers a wide range of regulatory and policy issues. Key issues are food legislation, food safety, the role of supermarkets, distance selling and consumer law and enforcement. He and his team are extremely active in London and Brussels, liaising with key Government departments and agencies, including FSA, Defra, Department of Health and the European Commission.
Andrew has been at the BRC since 2005 and previously was Head of Policy Services at the National Farmers' Union. He is also a qualified chartered surveyor.
Tel: 020 7854 8930
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Jane Milne
Director of Business Environment
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Jane leads the Business Environment team which covers a broad range of business cost and sustainability issues including property, planning and regeneration, energy and transport, tax and business rates, crime, employment and diversity, risk and safety, environment including climate change, and ethical sourcing. The team works with retailers across the whole spectrum of membership to lobby government for improvements in the legislative and regulatory environments and in public service delivery, and with supplier and customer groups on issues of mutual concern.
Jane took up her post in late 2007, having led a team working on a broad range of similar issues at the Association of British Insurers since 2001. Prior to this she was a career Civil Servant at HM Treasury and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Tel: 020 7854 8941
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Fiona Moriarty
Director - Scottish Retail Consortium
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Fiona's key areas of work include maintaining the political and industry profile of the retail sector in Scotland, through information sharing, research activity and further developing links with key sector partners, including the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament. This is supported by representation on a wide range of action groups, committees and boards, including the Executive Committee of the SCDI and board of the Scottish Business Crime Centre.
Fiona is also a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commence, and a member of the Institute of Directors.
Tel: 0870 609 3631
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Alisdair Gray
Director - BRC in Brussels
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Alisdair has overall responsibility for the running of the BRC Brussels office. He joined the BRC in 2003 having spent six years in political and corporate communications consulting at EU and international level.
Alisdair has responsibility for trade policy, Europe's sustainable production and consumption programme and working to ensure credit card companies give a better deal to Europe's consumers. He is a seasoned Brussels campaigner, having worked on the Chocolate Directive campaign, Bra Wars, the dioxins crisis and the Footwear Antidumping campaign.
His current priorities are climate change and the credit card interchange fee.
Tel: 020 7854 8975
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Gill Cronin
Director of Marketing, Press and Business Information
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Gill leads the Marketing, Press and Business Information Team. The team is responsible for all aspects of membership including retention and recruitment as well as the marketing of the BRC including the BRC brand, managing the BRC website and all membership communications. The team additionally covers all press work and the production of a wide range of information reports including the renowned Retail Sales Monitor.
Prior to joining the BRC Gill worked in the book trade in various retail positions and then as Marketing & PR Manager at the Booksellers Association.
Tel: 020 7854 8970
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Tessa Kelly
Director of Business Administration
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Tessa Kelly is Director of Business Administration at the British Retail Consortium where she is responsible for the internal management of the BRC. Tessa has responsibility for the day-to-day operational leadership and management of the BRC and manages a direct team of five support staff.
Her responsibilities include business planning and performance management, financial planning and budgeting, HR and training & development, office services, IT and contract management. In addition, she acts as Company Secretary for the BRC and its subsidiaries.
Prior to joining the BRC in April 2006 Tessa was Director of Compliance Operations at the Direct Marketing Association where she was responsible for the suite of marketing Preference Services which allow consumers and businesses to opt out of receiving marketing messages by mail, telephone and fax. Tessa has an MBA from the Open University and is a graduate of Sussex University.
Tel: 020 7854 8940
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John Cormode
Chief Executive, BRC Trading Limited
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John is responsible for leading the BRC's work to develop its commercial strategy and for the implementation of the resultant business plans for publications, training, Global Standards, events and the development of new income streams. He works with the BRCT Board colleagues and reports regularly to the Board of Management and Finance & General Purposes Committee on progress of the business.
Prior to joining the BRC, John held the positions of both Commercial and Supply Chain Director at the W.H.Smith retail chain. Previous positions held include general management roles in product marketing, logistics, concessionary trading in the UK and Europe, and retail operations.
John holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Research and an MA in Change Management and has conducted further research in Personal Change and Management Development at the University of Brighton Business School. He is a member of the International Foundation of Action Learning and a guest lecturer at the School of Service Management at the University of Brighton. John is currently undertaking an MSc in People and Organisational Development via Sussex University and Roffey Park Institute.
Tel: 020 7854 8985
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