Our Board

Alex was appointed Chief Executive Officer in September 2022. He joined the B&M Group on 5 October 2020 and the Board as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer on 16 November 2020. Alex has had a long senior career in retail, having successfully held Executive Board positions in leading international retailers including Asda, Tesco plc, and Kingfisher plc. He served as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, at Walmart’s Asda business between 2014 and 2018. Prior to joining Asda, he was Tesco’s Chief Financial Officer of South Korea, its largest international subsidiary. Prior to that, he was Tesco’s Commercial Financial Director for its UK business. His broad retail career covers the UK, European and Asian markets. Alex has also been a Non-Executive Director in leading consumer goods businesses in the UK and internationally. Alex earned an MBA postgraduate degree with Distinction at the London Business School in 1999, following Engineering and Finance BSc degrees with a First.

Mike joined the Group as Chief Financial Officer in October 2022 and was appointed to the Board on 2 November 2022. Prior to joining B&M, Mike spent eight years at publicly listed home furniture retailer DFS, where he was appointed Group CFO in 2019. During his time at DFS, Mike has additionally held responsibility for property, strategic development, legal & compliance and financial services activities. Mike has a background in corporate finance, with 13 years experience of working for top tier investment banks including Citi and UBS. Mike holds an MA in Economics and Management from Cambridge University.

Tiffany Hall’s experience is in marketing, sales and customer services. She previously served as CEO of BUPA Home Healthcare, Marketing Director at BUPA, Head of Marketing at British Airways and also Chair of Airmiles and BA Holidays. Prior to that, she held various other senior positions at British Airways including Head of UK Sales and Marketing and as Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Howden Joinery Group Plc. Tiffany was appointed to the B&M Board on 18 September 2018, serving as Remuneration Committee Chair and as Senior Independent Director until her appointment as Chair in July 2024. Tiffany is also the Chair of the Nomination Committee of B&M.

Paula has a strong background in general management and finance. Paula is CEO of Pizza Express and previously held a number of senior executive roles at Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Ltd (“KFC UK&I”), including Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of KFC UK&I. Paula is an Advisory Board member for Pennies, the micro-donation charity. She is a member of the Audit & Risk Committee and the Nomination Committee of B&M, and was appointed to the Board on 9 November 2021. Paula is the designated Non-Executive Director for Workforce Engagement.

Oliver has over 40 years experience as a finance professional more recently as CFO of Imperial Brands Plc the FTSE 30 listed consumer brands company and prior to that for 30 years at KPMG. At Imperial Oliver held responsibility for finance but also IT, Procurement, Legal and Corporate Development. At KPMG he was a Vice Chairman and during 20 years as a partner he served a wide variety of listed and privately owned clients and also ran KPMG’s UK Audit and Global Financial Advisory Services businesses. Oliver is currently Independent Audit Non-Executive and Chair at Mazars LLP.

Oliver is our Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, chairs the B&M Audit and Risk Committee and is a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Hounaïda has international experience in general management and marketing. She is currently a Non-Executive Director at Britvic plc and previously spent almost 30 years at Procter & Gamble across various sectors and geographies. In her final role, she had responsibility for a portfolio of Skin & Personal Care brands across Europe. Hounaïda was also a Non-Executive Director on the Advisory Board of the Geneva School of Economics and Management.

Hounaïda chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee.

Nadia has a very broad range of experience which includes public company roles and leading entrepreneurial ventures in retail and other sectors. An entrepreneur and former senior Amazon executive she played a key role in building out the company’s technology and supply chain capability during a period of unprecedented growth in the 2000s and early 2010s.

Nadia is a member of B&M’s Audit and Risk, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.