Board of Directors

Graham Waldron, Chairman  

Graham was appointed an executive director in June 1991 becoming Chairman later that year until 31 December 1999. On the resignation of Trevor Larman on 1 June 2006 he was re-appointed Chairman. He has 60 years experience in the floorcovering industry. He was the non-executive Chairman of Tandem Group plc until his retirement from their board on 28 April 2010.

Tony Brewer, Group Chief Executive

Tony was appointed an executive director in June 1991, becoming Managing Director of the Floorcoverings Division in January 1992, and was appointed Group Chief Executive in November 2000. He has 35 years experience in the floorcovering industry.

Steve Wilson, Group Finance Director

Steve was appointed Group Finance Director in December 1991. He was the non-executive Chairman of Synergy Health plc until his retirement from their board on 22 September 2010 and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Dick Peters, Non-executive Director   

Dick was appointed a non-executive director in December 2005. He was formerly Senior Partner for the East Midlands practice of Deloitte & Touche in Nottingham. He is a BSc in Mathematics and Statistics and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He has considerable experience of auditing large companies, both UK and overseas, transactional support and project management activities. He is a director and Chairman of Headlam Pension Trustees Limited.

Mike O’Leary, Senior Independent Director   

Mike was appointed a non-executive director of Headlam in March 2006. He was joint COO at Misys plc between 1986 and 2000, running both their UK Insurance Division and US Healthcare Division. He was CEO of Huon Corporation and also Marlborough Stirling plc. He has undertaken a portfolio of non-executive roles since 2005 and in addition to his role at Headlam, is currently non-executive Chairman of both EMIS Group plc and Digital Healthcare Limited.

Andrew Eastgate, Non-executive Director   

Andrew was appointed a non-executive director in May 2010. He was formerly a Partner in Pinsents including being head of Pinsents’ corporate practice in Birmingham. Andrew has a broad experience of advising quoted companies, particularly in connection with transactions and compliance issues. He is a non-executive director of Epwin Investment Holdings Limited.