Secretary Christopher R Varley BSc FCA
 
Auditors Deloitte & Touche LLP, Southampton Bankers HSBC Bank Plc, Bournemouth
 
Stockbrokers Rowan Dartington & Company Limited, Bristol 

JE Beale plc
Registered Office:
36 Old Christchurch Road
Bournemouth BH1 1LJ
Telephone: 01202 552022
www.beales.co.uk
Registered in England & Wales No. 120002

The Board 

Tony Brown 
Chief Executive (age 50)
Appointed chief executive in June 2008, Tony had been retail director of British Home Stores since 2001 and was previously operations director of Somerfield stores and a regional managing director for Asda stores.

Nigel Beale HonLLD HonDMus HonDBA
Non-executive deputy chairman; member of the nomination committee (age 62)
A great-grandson of the founder of the business, he was chairman of the Group from 1983 to 1995. He is a non-executive director of the Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water Plc, Woods (Dorchester) Limted, Retail Trust and of Portsmouth Naval Base Trading Company Limited. He is also chairman of the board of governors of the Arts Institute at Bournemouth and a member of the supervisory board of Voisins of Jersey.

Neil Jones
Sales director (age 41)
Joined the Group in june 2000 from James Beattie PLC, the Midlands-based department store group. He held various positions over an 18 year period in sales management, eventually becoming a store general manager. Appointed a director in January 2001.

Mike Killingley MA FCA
Independent non-executive chairman; chairman of the audit and nomination committees and member of the remuneration committee (age 55)
Appointed to the Board in March 2004 and chairman in April 2004. He is chairman of Conder Environmental plc and a non-executive director of Falklands Islands Holdings plc and Singer & Friedlander AIM VCT plc; he is also a director of a number of private companies and is on the Council of the University of Southampton. He joined KPMG, chartered accountants, in 1971, and was senior partner of their Southampton office from 1988 to 1998.

Barbara King
Buying and merchandise director (age 52)
Appointed a director on 31 October 2005 having joined from the Group from Jenners of Edinburgh Limited, where she was the buying and merchandise director. Her career started with the John Lewis Partnership and progressed through various roles to become the buying director of Liberty PLC until 2001.

Ken Owst BA(Hons) FCMA
Finance director (age 49)
Appointed a director in August 1994, having started his retail career with Allders Department Stores in 1985. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He is also director of the Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance.