The Board

Andrew Herbert

Andrew was Group Finance Director of Domino Printing Sciences plc from 1998 until the sale of the company to Brother Industries in 2015. He joined Domino in 1986 and held senior Finance, Operational and General Management roles prior to joining the Board in 1998. He has extensive experience of managing profitable growth in a global business, including acquisition and disposal strategy and line management of overseas subsidiaries.

Andrew has a BA in Business Studies from Hatfield Polytechnic and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Andrew joined the Board of Midwich Group plc on 13 April 2016 and he is also the non-executive chairman of Xaar plc.

Stephen Fenby

After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, Stephen joined Deloitte and worked for 16 years in the corporate finance team, latterly in the Cambridge office. Stephen joined Midwich as Finance Director in 2004 and became the Managing Director in 2010. He has led the Group’s acquisition and development programme.

Stephen has a BSc in Accounting and Financial Analysis from the University of Warwick and is an associate of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Stephen Lamb

Stephen joined Midwich as Group Finance Director in July 2018. he has over 25 years' experience in finance, working in high growth international business services organisations.

Before joining Midwich, Stephen was the International CFO at Iron Mountain Inc, supporting the profitable and cash generative development of the International business. Stephen qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC and has held senior financial positions at IWG plc (CFO, Europe) and Experian plc (Group Director of FP&A, FD, Decision Analytics and CFO, Asia Pacific).

Stephen has a BA in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Nottingham and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. 

Mike Ashley

Mike is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Coverings Ltd. a tiles distribution and retail business (incorporating Tile Giant). He joined the business from Holland and Barrett in 2020 where he was the Chief Commercial Officer (“CCO”). Prior to this Mike was at Travis Perkins plc., in his time there he held the position of CCO both in Wickes and the Plumbing and Heating Division, leading transformation of both businesses. Prior to this Mike led the turnaround of Harvard International plc (formerly Alba plc) as Chief Executive Officer, culminating in the successful sale to a listed Chinese consumer electronics business.

Mike has extensive retail and consumer experience through senior commercial, marketing and strategic roles at Boots, Argos, Dixons Retail Group and Travis Perkins. Mike joined the Board of the Company on 13 April 2016.

Hilary Wright

Hilary was Group HR Director of Domino Printing Sciences plc from 2016 until her retirement in 2019. Her background includes both retail and Cambridge based engineering and technology companies, where she has gained global HR experience as well as involvement in a number of acquisitions.

She has held both strategic and operational roles. Hilary has provided HR leadership in support of significant global growth ensuring people development, succession planning and talent acquisition were aligned with transformational change. Hilary joined the Board of Midwich Group plc in 2017.

Hilary is a Fellow of the Charted Institute of Personnel and Development, a non executive director of ActiveOps PLC and a director of Plan4Purpose Ltd, a bespoke coaching service.

Alison Seekings

Alison has held senior audit positions initially at Deloitte and then spent 15 years as Audit Partner with Grant Thornton UK LLP, has a wealth of experience working with AIM quoted companies, particularly in the technology sector, and has extensive technical accounting, financial governance, and board-level advisory experience.

Alison has an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. 

She is a non-executive director at QuartixTechnologies Plc and Green & Purple Limited and a director of Seekings Advisory Limited.
 
Alison joined the board on 19th March 2024 and will be a member of the Group's Board, Audit, Nominations, Remuneration and Sustainability Committees.