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LSL Board

The Board of LSL Property Services plc comprises:

• Helen Buck, Independent Non Executive Director

• Helen was appointed as an Independent Non Executive Director in December 2011. She is also a member of the operating board of Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd (retail director). Helen joined Sainsbury’s in 2005 and, after spending four years running Brand Communications, moved to Trading as business unit director, Grocery in 2009 and then ran the Convenience division for two years. Before joining Sainsbury’s, Helen held a number of senior positions at M&S, Woolworths and Safeway and was a senior manager at McKinsey and Co.

  

• Steve Cooke, Group Finance Director

• Steve was appointed Group Finance Director in July 2010 and is responsible for all aspects of the financial management of LSL. Previously Steve was chief operating officer of Bestinvest, the 3i backed wealth management business and before that was chief financial officer of Mapeley, the FTSE 250 property company. He was also CFO of Energis as part of the new management team which delivered a successful turnaround before selling the business to Cable and Wireless. Steve trained with Coopers and Lybrand and on qualifying as a chartered accountant worked as a strategy consultant for OC&C followed by senior finance and operational roles in the Sainsbury’s and Kingfisher Groups.

  

• Simon Embley, Group Chief Executive Officer

• Simon became the Group Chief Executive Officer at the time of the management buy out of e.surv Chartered Surveyors and Your Move from Aviva (formerly Norwich Union Life) in 2004. Prior to the management buy out, Simon was responsible for the strategic direction of these companies, and subsequent to the management buy out Simon has overseen and been responsible for the turnaround of the initial Group from a heavily loss-making business to the successful business it is today. As the Group Chief Executive Officer, he has the primary responsibility for the performance, strategy and development of LSL and in this role he has been instrumental in taking the business forward in a downturn through both organic growth (including the development of counter cyclical income) and selective strategic acquisitions.

  

• Adrian Gill, Independent Non Executive Director

• Adrian was appointed as an Independent Non Executive Director in September 2012. He was previously an executive director at Connells Limited (Connells), the national estate agency business of the Skipton Building Society Group, for over 10 years. Prior to his role at Connells, Adrian was managing director of Lush Retail Limited (UK & Ireland). Adrian is a Chartered Accountant.

  

• Roger Matthews, Non Executive Chairman

• Roger was appointed Chairman of LSL and Chairman of the Nominations Committee in October 2006 and is currently also non executive chairman of MITIE Group plc and a non executive chairman of Pertemps Network Group Limited. He was formerly chairman of Sainsbury’s Bank plc and Land of Leather Holdings plc, group finance director of J. Sainsbury plc, managing director and finance director of Compass Group plc and worked for Grand Metropolitan plc, Cadbury Schweppes plc and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Roger is a chartered accountant and is also a trustee of Cancer Research UK.

  

• Mark Morris, Senior Independent Non Executive Director

• Mark was appointed as an Independent Non Executive Director, the Senior Independent Non Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee in October 2006. Mark has many years’ experience of business management with particular focus on growing businesses and mergers and acquisitions. Mark is a chartered accountant and worked for 12 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mark is currently non executive director and audit committee chairman at HomeServe plc and is a non executive director of a number of entrepreneurial private companies. Mark previously worked at Sytner Group as finance director and managing director from 1995 to 2005 including the period during which it was listed on the London Stock Exchange.

  

• David Newnes, Executive Director, Estate Agency

• David has been with LSL since 1980 and was part of the management buy out team. David was appointed as an Executive Director in May 2010 with overall responsibility for the performance, strategy and development of the Estate Agency Division across LSL. David has extensive experience within the estate agency industry, is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and holds memberships of both the Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) and the National Estate Agency Association (NAEA). David is also a trustee of the Estate Agency Foundation and a director of The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO).

  

• Mark Pain, Independent Non Executive Director

• Mark was appointed as an Independent Non Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee in July 2009. He brings with him a wealth of experience as a FTSE 100 main board director covering a range of sectors including property, media, housebuilding, retail and wholesale banking, consumer and business finance, and life assurance. Mark served as chief financial officer of Barratt Developments plc from 2006 to 2009. He was previously at Abbey National Group plc, where he held a number of senior management roles from 1989 to 2005, including group finance director and customer sales director. Mark is a non executive director of Johnston Press plc, where he is the senior independent non executive director and chairs the audit committee. Mark is a non executive director at Aviva and London Square and also a trustee of Somerset House and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

  

• Sapna B FitzGerald, Head of Legal and Company Secretary

• Sapna is a solicitor (qualified in 1998) and has been in the role of Company Secretary at LSL since 2004. Prior to the management buy out of Your Move and e.surv Chartered Surveyors, Sapna was a member of Aviva Life Legal Services and had since 2001 formed part of the team that supported Your Move and e.surv Chartered Surveyors.