Nicky Kinnaird MBE is the Belfast-born founder and president of British cosmetic retailer Space NK. Kinnaird's initials, NK, make up the end part of the company's name. She attended the University of Reading, and was named Alumnus of the Year in 2009 for her industry achievements. [1] After starting her career in real estate, she founded Space NK. [2] In 2007, she sold a 90% stake of Space NK to a private equity house for an undisclosed sum. [3] In 2014, she stepped down from her role at Space NK to set up her own brand consultancy. [4] She serves as a non-executive director on the board of Debenhams [5] and on the board at Lumity.
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009, New Year Honours. [6]
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Debenhams plc was a British department store chain operating in the United Kingdom, Denmark and the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1778 as a single store in London and grew to 178 locations across those countries, also owning the Danish department store chain Magasin du Nord. In its final years, its headquarters were within the premises of its flagship store in Oxford Street, London. The range of goods sold included middle-to-high-end clothing, beauty, household items, and furniture.
Allders was an independent department store operating in the United Kingdom.
Arcadia Group Ltd was a British multinational retailing company headquartered in London, England. It was best known for being the previous parent company of British Home Stores (BHS), Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Debenhams, Evans, Miss Selfridge, Topman, Topshop, Wallis and Warehouse. At its peak, the group had more than 2,500 outlets in the UK and concessions in UK department stores and several hundred franchises operated internationally.
Jaeger is an English fashion brand and retailer of womenswear and menswear. Traditionally known for a classic 'twinset and pearls' image and the use of high-quality natural fibres, it has focused on updating its brand image since 2008, when it first appeared at London Fashion Week.
Space NK is a British retailer of personal care and beauty products.
Frasers Group plc is a British retail, sport and intellectual property group, named after its ownership of the department store chain House of Fraser. The company is best known for trading predominantly under the Sports Direct brand which operates both physical outlets and online. Other retailers owned by the company include Jack Wills, GAME, Flannels, USC, Lillywhites and Evans Cycles. The company owns numerous intellectual property, including the brands Everlast, Lonsdale, Slazenger and No Fear. The group also expanded into operating fitness clubs, launching the Everlast Fitness Club chain in 2020.
Anya Susannah Hindmarch, is an English fashion accessories designer who founded an eponymous company.
Destination is a brand of taxi-themed board games first published in 2004. Players compete as taxi drivers to acquire play money by moving from destination to destination using dice.
Alison Helen Lucy Cork is an English interiors expert, entrepreneur, author, and TV presenter. She is the founder and CEO of online brand alisonathome.com and founder of Make It Your Business.
Belinda Jane Earl is a British businesswoman, and a Non Executive Director of Woolworths Holdings Limited (RSA) in addition to holding retail advisory and mentor positions. She was Style Director of Marks and Spencer from 2012 to 2019. In 2003, she became the youngest FTSE 500 retail chief executive.
Betty Jackson, is an English fashion designer based in London, England. She was born in Lancashire. In 2007, her success in British fashion was recognised with first an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 1987 and later with a CBE for "services to the fashion industry." She is also known for designing many of the costumes worn by Edina and Patsy on the 1990s hit television comedy Absolutely Fabulous.
Stefanie McLeod "Stef" Reid is a track and field paralympian who competes for Great Britain, competing mainly in category T44 long jump and sprint events. A multiple medal winner at European and world level, she won a bronze medal in the 200m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and silver in the long jump at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Linda Kristin Bennett is an English clothing designer and entrepreneur, best known for founding the fashion retailer L.K.Bennett.
Nicky Cox MBE is a British journalist. She is editor-in-chief of First News, a British national newspaper for children and of the paper's online news channel, First News Live!. She is also the CEO of indie production company, Fresh Start Media, specialising in documentary films for, or about, children.
Harold Tillman CBE is an English retail entrepreneur and investor. He was formerly head of Jaeger and Aquascutum, who was awarded CBE in 2010. Until September 2014, Tillman was chair of the British Fashion Council. In 2016, he became chair of the Ethical Fashion Group and in 2016 he was appointed Chair of Fashion Matters, London College of Fashion's fundraising committee. In 2019, he was Chief Barker of Variety the children's charity. Most recently, in 2020, Tillman was appointed Enterprise and Business Advisor for the London College of Fashion.
Philippa Charlotte Matthews is an English socialite, author and columnist. She is the younger sister of Catherine, Princess of Wales.
Ruby Hammer is a MBE Global Makeup Artist and a fashion and beauty entrepreneur. She was awarded an MBE in 2007 for her long-standing contribution to the cosmetics industry.
Sir Ian Michael Cheshire is a British businessman, formerly chairman of Barclays UK, the ring-fenced UK subsidiary of Barclays. He stepped down on 1 January 2021 and was succeeded by Crawford Gillies. He is lead non-executive director for the Cabinet Office board, campaign chairman of Heads Together, chair of The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund, chair of the independent charity, the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, and a trustee of The Institute for Government. He was previously chief executive (CEO) of Kingfisher plc, a British multinational retailing company, and was chairman of the British department store chain Debenhams from 2016 to 2019.
Sergio Bucher Rodriguez is a dual-nationality Spanish/Swiss businessman. He became the chief executive of Debenhams in October 2016, succeeding Michael Sharp. He stepped down in 2019 as the business was taken over by lenders. He currently serves as Member of the executive board for the Otto Group and Non-executive director for Namshi.com in Dubai.
Vanessa Kingori is the Chief Business Officer, Condé Nast Britain and Vogue European Business Advisor. She is also British Vogue's Publishing Director. Prior to that, Kingori was the Publisher of British GQ across all platforms. She has worked for media publishing house Condé Nast UK for over a decade.