Directors
Colin Smith
Chairman
Colin Smith has been Chairman of Poundland since June 2002. He has more than twenty years experience of food retailing, wholesaling and manufacturing.
Prior to joining Poundland, he was CEO of Safeway plc from 1993 to 1999 and before that its FD. His other current interests are Chairman of Assured Food Standards, an organisation responsible for administering and promoting food assurance standards, and McBride plc, a manufacturer of own brand household and personal care products supplied to retailers in the UK and Europe.
Jim McCarthy
Chief Executive
Jim McCarthy joined Poundland as Chief Executive in May 2006. Prior to joining Poundland, Jim was Managing Director of J Sainsbury's convenience stores and was a member of the operating, retail and investment boards.
His experience extends to over thirty years in retail including Chief Executive of T&S stores plc (operated over 1200 stores), Managing Director of Neighbourhood Retailing (part of Next plc) and Managing Director of Birmingham Post & Mail's retail estate. Jim is also non-executive Director of Dawson Holdings plc.
David Coxon
Buying & Merchandising Director
David joined Poundland in October 2005 as Buying & Merchandising Director with responsibility for the continued development and management of the trading strategy.
David has over 25 years commercial retailing experience in Buying, Marketing, Retail Operations & Supply Chain, both UK and International, having worked at Kwik Save, Allied Domecq, Minit Group and more recently Somerfield.
Nick Hateley
Finance Director
Nick joined the company as Group Finance Director in November 2006. He joined from J Sainsbury's plc where he was the Finance Director of Sainsbury's Convenience. Nick has 20 years experience in Finance and Business Improvement which he gained at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Accenture and Lucas Industries plc.
Tim McDonnell
Retail Operations Director
Tim joined Poundland in August 2006 as Regional Manager with responsibility for Retail Operations in the north of the country. Prior to that, Tim worked for Kwik Save and Somerfield for over 20 years holding a number of roles in both H.R. and Retail Operations and was Regional Director prior to joining Poundland.
Craig Bales
Property Director
Craig joined the company in January 2005 as Property Director with responsibility for the effective management and development of the Poundland property portfolio
Craig has 20 years experience in commercial property specialising in retail agency. He spent 10 years as Partner at Johnson Fellows and then created niche retail agency business - Craig Bales & Company, which was subsequently sold to Lambert Smith Hampton. Prior to joining Poundland, he sat on the board of Lambert Smith Hampton.
George Oldridge
IT Director
George joined the board of Poundland in 1998 after twenty years experience of running a software company which provided the IT systems for Poundland since 1993.
Ian Beaumont
Supply Chain Director
Ian joined Poundland in February 2007 and is responsible for the development of an efficient and cost effective Supply Chain that is aligned to the needs of our business and supports Retail colleagues in delivering amazing value in store.
Ian joined us from third party supply chain specialists Christian Salvesen where he was Logistics Director with responsibilities for clients such as Goodyear Dunlop and Continental Tyres. He has worked for other major logistics companies such as DHL excel. He has wide ranging experience in manufacturing with Reebok, wholesaleing with Premier farnell and Hagemeyer and in Retail with Sainsburys, Comet, Littlewoods, Index and Scottish Courage.