Executive Directors

John Peace(59) †‡, Chairman

John Peace has been Chairman of Burberry since June 2002 and is also Chairman of the Nomination Committee. He is Chairman of the Board of Experian plc and is Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director of Standard Chartered PLC. John is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of Nottingham Trent University, Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Nottinghamshire, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Chairman of The Work Foundation. Previously he was Group Chief Executive of GUS plc from 2000 until 2006, having been a director of GUS since 1997.