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Nick joined The Co-operative Group in May 2013 as Group Director – External Affairs, to develop and sustain the external relationships vital to the Group’s future success. His remit was expanded in June as he was also appointed as Executive Director, Group CEO’s Office.

Nick joined The Co-op from Kingfisher plc, a FTSE100 international retailer, where he was a member of the Retail Board and held a number of executive positions over the period 2007-13. Latterly he was the Group Corporate Affairs Director, leading the team that developed and launched the market leading sustainability programme, ‘Net Positive’. He was also responsible for the Group’s Government Affairs and Regulatory programme. From 2007-2012 Nick was Company Secretary to the plc Board, Group Legal & Corporate Responsibility Director, and B&Q’s Legal Director from 2009-2011. Prior to joining Kingfisher, Nick was a member of the Group Executive, Company Secretary and Group Legal Director of Emap plc, a FTSE100 media conglomerate. Nick has held a number of other corporate in-house legal roles, having qualified as a solicitor at Linklaters & Paines in 1993.

Nick is currently a board member of the British Retail Consortium, vice-chairman of the GC100 (the general counsel and company secretaries of the FTSE 100) and a member of the Natural Environment Research Council. In the past, Nick was a member of OFGEM’s Sustainable Development Advisory Group, the treasurer of The British American Project, an adviser of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, and a member of the Companies Committee of the CBI.