Board
John Kelly, Non-Executive Chairman
John became Chairman of the Gala Coral Group in April 2004. Previously John had been Chief Executive of the Gala Group having led a management buy-in from Bass in 1997. He is also Chairman of Trainline.com and serves on the Board of "Business in the Community" (a Prince of Wales initiative). In 2002 he helped launch the Nottinghamshire "CARES" BITC programme and was appointed the Prince of Wales's Ambassador for BITC in the East Midlands in June 2005. John also chairs the Advisory Group for Kings Park Capital, a first issue private equity fund. John was awarded an OBE in the 2007 New Year's Honours List for services to the gambling industry.
Neil Goulden, Executive Deputy Chairman
Neil joined the Group in 2000 and was appointed Chief Executive in April 2004, he became Executive Deputy Chairman in October 2008. He was formerly Chief Executive of Allied Leisure plc and has also held Board positions at Compass Group and Ladbrokes. Neil is currently Chairman of Business In Sport and Leisure which represents the interests of private sector companies in the sport, leisure and hospitality industry; Chairman of the South Central NHS Ambulance Trust; and is a member of the Low Pay Commission, which advises the Government on the national minimum wage. Neil is a Companion of the Chartered Institute of Management.
Dominic Harrison, Chief Executive
Dominic became Chief Executive in October 2008, having been Chief Operating Officer of the Group since February 2007. He joined the Group in June 2004 as Trading Director and became a member of the Board in September 2005. Dominic was later appointed Managing Director of the E-Commerce division in November 2005 with responsibility for all the Group’s online betting and gaming. His former roles include International Marketing Director for Bass Brewers and Commercial Director at Ladbrokes. Dominic qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG.
Gary Hughes, Chief Financial Officer
Gary joined the Group in October 2008. He was formerly Chief Executive of CMP Information, which was the largest operating division of United Business Media plc. His former roles include , Deputy Finance Director at Forte plc , Group Finance Director of Scottish Media Group plc and Group Finance Director of Emap plc. Gary is also a Non Executive Director of J Sainsbury plc and an adviser to Ibis Capital Limited. Gary is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales and qualified with Ernst & Young.
Peter Catterall, Non-Executive Director
Peter was appointed to the Board on 17 March 2003. He is a partner at Cinven and a member of its Business and Financial Services and Retail, Leisure and Consumer Sector teams. He has been involved with transactions including Gondola, Camaieu, Amadeus and Frans Bonhomme, in addition to the acquisition of Coral Eurobet by Gala. Peter previously spent seven years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked in the Transaction Services Group, providing due diligence and transaction advice to private equity companies.
Marek Gumienny, Non-Executive Director
Marek joined the Board on 17 March 2003, and is a senior Managing Director at Candover and a member of Candover's Executive Committee. He has been involved in many transactions, including the buyouts of Ontex, Vetco International and Gala Group, the delisting of DX and its merger with SMS Services, and the buyouts of Swissport, Ferretti and Parques Reunidos. Marek qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse.
Charles Sherwood, Non-Executive Director
Charles joined the Board on 8 February 2007. He has been a partner of Permira since 1985 and has worked on numerous transactions, particularly in the consumer sector, including the AA, Birthdays, Dinasol, Homebase, Provimi and the Tetley Group. Prior to joining Permira, Charles worked as a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in London.
Guy Davison, Non-Executive Director
Guy was appointed to the Board on 8 February 2007. He joined Cinven in 1988 and is a member of its Retail, Leisure and Consumer Sector team. Guy has been involved in many transactions including Ahlsell, Maxeda, Unique Pub Company, Foseco, William Hill and the acquisition of Coral Eurobet by Gala. Before joining Cinven, Guy worked at the private equity company Larpent Newton for four years, after spending five years at KPMG. Guy is a chartered accountant.
Martin Clarke, Non-Executive Director
Martin joined the Board on 22 September 2005, and is a partner at Permira, heading up its Consumer Sector. He has worked on a number of transactions including Gala Coral Group, New Look, Principal Hotels and Telepizza. Martin has over 20 years’ experience in private equity and prior to joining Permira was a director of PPMV, the private equity arm of Prudential plc. His early career was spent at Cinven.
Alexis Dormandy, Non-Executive Director
Alexis joined the Board on 1 February 2008. He is a Managing Director at Candover and a member of Candover’s Executive Committee. He has been involved with a number of Candover’s portfolio companies including Parques Reunidos, EurotaxGlass, DX Group, Alma, and Get. Prior to joining Candover he was at Orange where he was Chief Marketing Officer. He has also held a number of senior positions at Virgin Group including Chief Operating Officer of Virgin.com and founding director of Virgin Mobile.
Tom Attwood, Non-Executive Director
Tom Attwood joined the Board on 1 July 2008. He is a Managing Director of ICG and the Chairman of both the Executive Committee and the Board of Intermediate Capital Managers Limited, ICG's fund management company. Before joining ICG he was a director of James Capel & Co, where he was responsible for the growth of their IPO business. He also worked with ICG's founders in raising the initial equity for ICG.
Julian Cronk, Group Company Secretary
Julian joined Gala Coral in October 2005, following Gala's acquisition of the Coral Eurobet group, where he had been Group Company Secretary from January 2000. He is a barrister and has responsibility for the legal and risk management functions within the Group.
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