Board of Directors

Chairman - Lord Waheed Alli

At present Chairman of Chorion Ltd, an intellectual property rights owning company, and non-executive director of Olga Productions Ltd. Formerly Managing Director at Carlton Television responsible for the production of all its programmes, and previously he was the Managing Director of Planet 24, one of the largest independent production companies in the UK, which he founded with Charlie Parsons and Bob Geldof. He was appointed a working Labour peer in July 1998 where he takes a particular interest in issues concerning equality.

Waheed is also a trustee of the Elton John Aids Foundation, Chancellor of De Montfort University, President of the National Youth Theatre and a patron of a number of other voluntary organisations. Waheed is the Chair of the Nominations Committee.

Chief Executive - Nick Robertson

Nick started his career in 1987 with the advertising agency Young and Rubicam and in 1991 moved to Carat, the UK’s largest media planning and buying agency. In 1995 he co-founded Entertainment Marketing, a marketing services business, and in 2000 he co-founded ASOS.com.

Finance Director and Company Secretary - Nick Beighton

Nick qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in Nottingham. After qualification Nick worked out of the Manchester office in transaction services and within the Strategic Business Management Group. Nick moved to Matalan in 1999 to work as Head of Finance. He was then Business Change and IT Director before joining Matalan’s retail board in 2003. Nick was appointed to the Luminar Board as Finance Director in August 2005. His appointment as Finance Director at ASOS.com came in April 2009.

International Director - Jon Kamaluddin

Jon Kamaluddin began his career in Corporate Recovery at Arthur Andersen, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Jon then joined Marks & Spencer, where he spent three years in a number of finance positions including Head of Finance for the per una brand. Jon joined ASOS in 2004 as Finance Director, in April 2009 he was appointed International Director in order to develop and implement a suitable international strategy for the business.

Product and Trading Director - Robert Bready

Robert Bready began his career at River Island where he held a variety of merchandising roles across womenswear and menswear. After five years, Robert moved to The Arcadia Group, where he spent eight years working across young fashion retailers Miss Selfridge and TopMan, eventually becoming a senior executive for the Miss Selfridge brand. In 2005 Robert joined ASOS.com and was quickly promoted from Head of Merchandising to Product and Trading Director.

Non-Executive Director - Peter Williams

Peter Williams joined the Board in April 2006. He is the Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, having chaired the Remuneration Committee until May 2010. Peter joined EMI Group in February 2010 as an Executive Director of Maltby Investments Limited. He is a Non-Executive Director of Cineworld Group plc, Silverstone Holdings Limited and is a member of the Design Council. From December 2008 to May 2009, he was an Executive Director of JJB Sports Plc, responsible for the turnaround strategy and business restructuring. Previously he was Chief Executive at Alpha Group plc and prior to that Chief Executive of Selfridges plc where he also acted as Chief Financial Officer for over ten years. His previous non-executive positions have been with Capital Radio Group plc and GCap Media plc. Mr Williams has a degree in mathematics from Bristol University and is a chartered accountant.

Non-Executive Director - Karen Jones

Karen Jones is the Founder and current Chairman of Food & Fuel Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Booker Group plc, Virgin Active Group Ltd and Royal National Theatre Enterprises. She was previously Chief Executive of Spirit Group Limited and a former Non-Executive Director of HBOS plc, Gondola Holdings plc and Emap plc, among others, and was the co-founder of Café Rouge and the Pelican Group plc. Karen is the Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

Non-Executive Director - Mary Turner

Mary Turner is the CEO of AlertMe.com which provides an online smart energy management service. She has been Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tiscali UK Limited (“Tiscali”) since 2001. Prior to joining Tiscali, she was Chief Executive Officer of BTLineOne, the joint venture between BT and United News Media, Managing Director (ISP and Portal) UK and Vice-President Marketing (Europe) at CompuServe Information Services and General Manager of Capital Sales at Innovation Group. Mary is a member of the Audit Committee and Nominations Committee.