Alastair brings significant experience of retail businesses and an excellent understanding of the dynamics of e-commerce and AIM-listed businesses. He is currently a member of the Board of Superdry PLC, a position he has held since July 2019, where he is Independent Non-Executive Director and  Chair of the Audit Committee. He is also a Non-Executive Director of NewRiver REIT plc, a property investment company specialising in retail assets where he is the Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Alastair was Chief financial officer at New Look from 2000 until 2014 and was one of the MBO team who helped take the company private in 2004 and led a number of subsequent refinancings. Previously he was the Group Finance Director at RAC having joined from Price Waterhouse where he was management consultant. Prior to that he was a Finance Director of a company within the BTR plc Group. Alastair qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte Haskins and Sells and holds a BSc in Economics.

• Appointed on 1 December 2022
• Non-Executive Director at Superdry plc and NewRiver REIT plc
• Formerly Chief Financial Officer at New Look