Directors

Lord Grade joined the Board as Chairman in 2006. He has had a long and distinguished career in broadcasting, encompassing ITV, BBC and 9 years as Chief Executive of Channel 4 Television. He is currently non-executive chairman of Pinewood and Shepperton Film Studios. In November 2010 a Peerage of the United Kingdom for Life was conferred upon Michael.

David joined the Board in March 2010. He is chairman of the Nomination Committee and the Board’s designated Senior Independent Director. He was Chief Financial Officer of Reuters Group PLC until May 2008. Prior to joining Reuters in 2000, he was group finance director of Emap PLC and chairman of Emap Digital. His current non-executive directorships include Standard Life PLC (which he joined in October 2009) and he is chairman of Creston PLC. Until March 2010 he was a non-executive director of Carphone Warehouse PLC.

Tim is a founding Director. As well as having general oversight of the business, the IT, logistics and engineering, warehouse, operations, business planning and retail divisions of Ocado report directly to him. Prior to Ocado, Tim spent eight years as a banker at Goldman Sachs. During his time there, he was based in London, Hong Kong and New York in the Fixed Income division. Tim graduated from Manchester University with an honours degree in economics, finance and accountancy in 1992.

Neill has been a Director since September 2000, having previously advised Ocado since its founding. He is responsible for Ocado’s business support, including legal, insurance, risk management and human resource divisions. Prior to Ocado, Neill spent nine years at Goldman Sachs in London where he was an executive director and counsel, and also practised as a barrister at One Essex Court. Neill graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge with a masters degree in law in 1989, having previously obtained BA and LLB degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He is also admitted as a member of the New York Bar and as a South African Advocate.

Jason is a founding Director. He has Board responsibility for Ocado’s retail activities, including buying, supplier and customer relationships, marketing and all brand development. He was previously Chief Financial Officer for almost 10 years. From 2010-12 Jason was the champion of all employee and internal cultural matters as the business made a transition from privately owned start-up to listed PLC. He remains Ocado’s ambassador on sustainability and environmental issues. Prior to Ocado, Jason spent eight years as a banker at Goldman Sachs. He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford with an honours degree in Jurisprudence in 1992.

Mark joined the Board in 2012, having been Ocado's Head of Technology since 2001. He is responsible for the day to day running of the Ocado operation, including customer fulfilment centres, logistics developments, business planning, engineering and IT. Prior to Ocado Mark was at the John Lewis Partnership, where he held a number of IT positions, including Head of Selling Systems at Waitrose. Mark graduated from University College London with a physics degree.

Ruth joined the Board in March 2010. She is chairman of the Audit Committee. Until April 2009 she was a Vice-Chairman of KPMG in the UK. She joined KPMG in 1976 and became a partner in 1989. She has worked extensively as an adviser with UK and international businesses and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Ruth is a non-executive director of The royal Parks, an executive agency of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

Robert joined the Board in 2000, as the Logistics Director. In May 2006 he became a Non-Executive Director. Prior to Ocado, he was Group Director of Information Technology at Transport Development Group PLC where he spent 10 years establishing its e-business. Prior to that he spent 10 years in North America with the logistics service business Christian Salvesen PLC, where he reached the position of Director of Business Development. Robert graduated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford with an honours degree in modern history and economics.

Jörn joined the Board in 2003 with the initial investment by Apple Trust (of which he is a beneficiary) in Ocado. He is a non-executive member of the Tetra Laval Group board, and a member of the boards of Alfa Laval AB and DeLaval Holdings AB. Jörn is also Tetra Laval Group’s Head of Mergers and Acquisitions. He holds a degree in business administration from Lund University, Sweden.

David joined the Board in 2000 with the initial investment in Ocado by John Lewis. He is the chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He retired from John Lewis in 2002 where he was deputy chairman. David previously worked for the Ministry of Defence between 1963 and 1982 with a secondment to the Cabinet Office from 1975 to 1977. David joined John Lewis in February 1982, where he became finance director and a member of the board in 1987 and was appointed deputy chairman in February 1993. David served as an independent member of the steering board of Companies House from 1988 to 1993. He was treasurer of the Open University from 1997 until 2001, and a member of its council from 1996 until 2001. He was a trustee of the Royal Air Force Museum from 1999 until 2005, a trustee of the Textile Industry Children’s Trust from 2000 to 2008 and a member of the advisory panel of Greenwich Hospital from 2002 to 2007. David was the chairman of the Higher Education Funding Council for England from 2001 to 2007. He is currently the treasurer of Sheffield University and a member of its council and was the honorary treasurer of the Soil Association from 2004 to 2010.

Douglas McCallum joined the Board in 2011 as an independent non-executive and serves on the remunerations and nominations committees. Doug has been a pioneer of the internet industry for 17 years, for the last 10 at eBay where he led the UK business and then turned around the pan-European business. Prior to eBay he was founder and general manager of a number of businesses in the internet, broadcasting, software and hardware sectors.

Wendy joined the Board in March 2012, and assumes the role of Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, with effect from the 2012 AGM. She has been a non-executive director at Whitbread plc since 2008, and is also a Trustee of Cancer Research UK. Wendy has held a number of commercial leadership roles including Group Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone and CEO of TalkTalk's residential business. Prior to that she was a Partner at McKinsey & Company where she led the UK Retail and Consumer Practice. Wendy holds a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business.