Helen has 40 years’ experience as a consultant, executive and board member in the UK and around the world.

Helen has extensive financial and listed company experience, having been the former CFO of Marks & Spencer and previously held positions as Group Finance Director at John Lewis Partnership and Lloyds Banking Group, where she was also CEO of the retail bank.

A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Helen was awarded a CBE for services to Finance in the 2008 honours list.

Helen currently holds several NED roles including Bata Group, Superdry, Ahold Delhaize and Greencore as well as being Chair of the National Express Group. 

Helen has previously served as a NED of Just Eat PLC, SABMiller PLC, Royal Mail Holdings PLC and Greencore Group PLC

Earlier in her career Helen was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, based in London after completing an MBA at Stanford University and an MA in Mathematics at Oxford University.