Nisa-Today’s Appoints Independent Non-Executive Directors

05/11/2007

Nisa-Today’s has appointed two new independent non-executive directors to its Holdings Board – Ian Black and Mark Pullen.

Ian Black has worked as an accountant and management consultant with both PriceWaterhouseCoopers and KPMG, involving a range of retail and distribution clients. He also spent 20 years as an executive with Halifax PLC and HBOS PLC in the banking, insurance and investment businesses in the UK, Ireland, Continental Europe and Australia. He has extensive experience in leading start-ups, transformation programmes and operations in the positions of chief executive, finance director and chief operating officer. Ian has a first degree in Economics, an MBA from Cranfield Business School and is a fellow of both the Chartered Accountants and Banking Institutes. He is also a trustee and chairman of SCOPE, a pension fund trustee and a University College Governor.

Mark Pullen has worked in the consumer goods industry for over 30yrs, most recently as Group Finance director for Geest PLC – a position he held for 10years – which also included responsibilities for IT, purchasing, corporate finance, PR and legal. He has also worked with Unilever and Guinness in a number of capacities including logistics, strategic planning, industrial relations and brand marketing. Mark is a qualified accountant with a business degree and is currently a non-executive director and chair of the audit Committee of Buckinghamshire Primary Care Trust and an advisor to small charities through his membership of Pilotlight.

The non-executive directors will report to Nisa-Today’s non-executive chairman Raj Chatha and sit on the Board of Nisa-Today’s (Holdings) Limited and its Committees. They will work with Board directors to promote strong trading initiatives, an enterprise culture, appropriate levels of corporate governance and prudent administration whilst ensuring high quality member communication and relationships with members, employees, suppliers and the industry as a whole.

Raj Chatha, commented, “Ian and Mark’s appointments bring extensive retail, business and financial experience to the Holdings Board. This, combined with an objective view of our operations, will allow us to realise and further develop our business strategy in 2008 and beyond, continuing our growth and securing the future of the group in the independent sector.”

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