Robert Tyrell
Robert was appointed as a Non-executive Director on 16 November 2005 for the SMC group plc. Bob is currently a presenter of the BBC Radio 4 ‘Analysis’ programme and Chairman of Demos, the independent public policy think tank. He also sits on the Vision Board of Sapiens UK Ltd and the Editorial Board of Market Leader, the journal of the British Marketing Society. He is an Association of Member of BUPA. Until 1997 he was Chairman of the Henley Centre for Forecasting. He established the Centre as a private consultancy in 1986. After selling the company to WPP he left in 1997 to work as an entrepreneur, author and broadcaster. He runs the ‘FUSION’ programme. monitoring and predicting social trends in Britain and Europe.
J. M. Barry Gibson
Barry began his career in 1970 at Littlewoods Plc and held several positions, including Store Manager, before joining the Burton Group in 1979. In 1991 Barry was appointed to the BAA group board, and was responsible for the introduction of BAA outlet malls into the UK and the creation of BAA subsidiary World Duty Free. Barry is the Senior Independent Director of both William Hill plc and of National Express Group plc and a non-executive director of Homeserve plc.
Louize Gibson
Louize is our Insight Specialist, conducting in-depth consumer research to ensure that everything we do is designed around the needs of the people who will visit, use and enjoy the places we create. She has worked in qualitative research for over 20 years, first at Hauck Research and then the strategic marketing consultancy Added Value. She has helped us with positioning, finding the right tenant-mix, and growing our retail brands since 2002.