Lord Waheed Alli
Chairman
Lord Alli's background is in the media. He founded, with Charlie Parsons and Bob Geldof, Planet 24 in the 90's which grew to be one of the largest independent production companies in the UK. Planet 24 was sold to Carlton Television in 1998 and he was appointed Managing Director with responsibility for the production of all of it's programmes. More recently, he was the Chairman of Chorion Ltd, an intellectual property rights owning company. Lord Alli is currently a Non Executive Director of Olga Productions and a trustee of the Elton John Aids Foundation, Chancellor of De Montfort University, President of the National Youth Theatre, a trustee of WNET Channel 13 in New York and a patron of a number of other voluntary organisations. Lord Alli was appointed to the House of Lords in July 1998 where he takes particular interest in issues concerning equality and media.
Nick Robertson
Chief Executive Officer
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.
Nick Beighton
Finance Director and Company Secretary
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 then became the Business Change and IT Director before joining Matalan's Retail Board in 2003. Nick joined the Luminar Board as Finance Director in August 2005. He was appointed Finance Director of ASOS plc in April 2009.
Jon Kamaluddin
International Director
Jon 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 and in April 2009 he was appointed International Director to develop and implement a suitable international strategy for the business.
Robert Bready
Product and Trading Director
Robert began his career at River Island where he held a variety of merchandising roles across womenswear and menswear. In 1997, 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 in 2006 was promoted from Head of Merchandising to Product and Trading Director.
Peter Williams
Non-Executive Director
Peter is the Chairman of Erno Laszlo and a non-executive director of Cineworld Group plc, Sportech plc and Silverstone Holdings Limited and is a member of the Design Council. He has been an executive director of EMI Group and 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. 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 remains a member of the Remuneration Committee. Peter has a degree in Mathematics from Bristol University and is a chartered accountant.
Karen Jones
Non-Executive Director
Karen Jones is the Founder and current Chairman of Food & Fuel Limited and a nonexecutive director of Booker Group plc, Virgin Active Group Ltd, Cofra Holdings AG, 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 joined the Board of ASOS plc in September 2009 and is the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee.
Mary Turner
Non-Executive Director
Mary Turner is the CEO of AlertMe.com which is a leading technology innovator in cloud-based Smart Energy services. She was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tiscali UK Limited ("Tiscali") from 2001 to 2009. Prior to joining Tiscali, Mary 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 joined the Board in September 2009 and is a member of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee.