Executive Directors

Gavin David Redvers Oldham (Age 62), Chief Executive Officer

Gavin’s responsibilities include all aspects of control and oversight, including the Group’s strategy for growth. Founder of The Share Centre, having previously established Barclayshare (now Barclays Stockbrokers) for Barclays Bank, Gavin plays an active role in business affairs and is a regular contributor to radio and TV. An elected member of the General Synod and a Church Commissioner, he also serves on the Church’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group, and is a trustee of pfeg (Personal Finance Education Group) and founder of The Share Foundation.

Richard William Stone, ACA (Age 37), Group Finance

Richard, a qualified Chartered Accountant, joined Share plc in April 2006, from his previous role as a Director of Huntswood – an outsourcing business serving the financial services sector. His earlier investment market experience as an equity research analyst with the US investment bank, Robertson Stephens, included involvement in a number of initial public offerings across Europe, and will enable him to contribute to the further development of Share plc’s profile in addition to managing the financial and administrative affairs of the Group.

Iain Paul Wallace (Age 42), Group Compliance and Legal Services

Iain’s experience as a private client stockbroker, and latterly a regulator with the Securities and Futures Authority and the Financial Services Authority, ensures we maintain a strong compliance culture that delivers clear, fair and effective services for our customers. He also maintains oversight of the Sharemark and Sharefunds services for corporate clients, as well as The Share Centre’s advice service and HR function. Iain holds a Masters Degree in Financial Services Law (LLM) and is also a non-executive director of WAY Group Limited.

Non-executive Directors

Sir Martin Wakefield Jacomb (Age 81), Non-executive Chairman

Sir Martin brings to the Share plc Board a wealth of experience from across the business spectrum. His previous experience includes Chairman of Canary Wharf plc, Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, Chairman of Prudential, Chairman of BZW, Deputy Chairman of Barclays plc and directorships including the Bank of England, Rio Tinto plc, and Marks and Spencer plc.

Richard Ian Tolkien (Age 56), Non-executive

Richard started his career with five years at HM Treasury, and then went on to spend 24 years as an investment banker with advisory and management experience gained in senior corporate finance and executive roles with Morgan Grenfell, HSBC and Macquarie Bank. He is also a non-executive director of Parkwood Holdings plc.

Francesca Ecsery (Age 48) Non-executive Director

Francesca, formerly Global Business Development Director at Cheapflights, brings to the board valuable experience in the field on online sales, marketing and customer service. A graduate of Harvard Business School and former McKinsey & Co consultant, Francesca also plays a leading role as Publications Officer within the Women in Advertising and Communications London (WACL) organisation – a not-for-profit group of influential women working in marketing and communications.

Senior Management

In addition to the directors named above the following individuals are directors of the Groups principal subsidiary, The Share Centre.

Martin Jeremy Helliwell (Age 56), Operations Director,
The Share Centre Limited

Jeremy worked in a variety of project and systems based roles at Barclays, and was part of the core team which created Barclayshare (now Barclays Stockbrokers). Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the business including the front office activities of Customer Services and Dealing, as well as the firm’s IT systems and infrastructure, Jeremy has significant day-to-day involvement in delivering quality services to our customers.

Guy James Knight (Age 53), Sales and Marketing Director,
The Share Centre Limited

Guy brings extensive practical experience across the insurance, investment banking, stockbroking and retail banking sectors. He has held a variety of Marketing, General Management and Board positions at companies including Hiscox Insurance, Deutsche Bank, Charles Schwab, Credit Agricole, The Mortgage Corporation and Nationwide Building Society. He is responsible for PR, marketing communications, brand management, product and pricing strategy and the corporate sales function.