The Council
Members of the Council have been selected to ensure broad representation from across the retail sector.
Co-chairs
- Gareth Thomas MP, Minister for Services, Small Businesses and Exports
- Richard Pennycook, Chairman of Howdens Joinery, On the Beach and Two Sister’s Food Group/Boporan Holdings; lead non-executive director of the Department for Education
Membership
- John Boumphrey (MD Amazon UK)
- Dave McCarthy (HSBC Investment Bank Senior Advisor Global Consumer and Retail and Board Advisor and Head of Investor Relations for B&M Retail)
- Nick Beighton (Chairman Secret Sales)
- General Secretary, USDAW
- James Lowman (CEO, Association of Convenience Stores)
- Andrew Goodacre (CEO, British Independent Retailers Association)
- Simon Roberts (CEO, Sainsbury’s)
- Victoria Robertshaw (CEO, Delicious Planet Consultancy)
- Anthony Hemmerdinger (CEO, Boots)
- Helen Dickinson (CEO, British Retail Consortium)
- Kari Rodgers (Retail Director UK, Primark)
- Ian Filby (Non-Exec Chairman, Pinewood Technologies plc)
- Peter Jelkeby (UK and IE Country CEO, IKEA)
- Robbie Feather (CEO, The Very Group)
Our Charter, agendas and minutes of meetings, and copies of correspondence with Government are available for download below.