Management Team

Brian Whitty, FCA

Executive Chairman since April 2004 following six years as Chief Executive and three years as Finance Director. Previously Finance Director of ACT Group plc.

Richard Harpin, BA (Hons) CdipAF

Chief Executive since April 2004. Appointed to the Board in May 2001. Founder of Homeserve which was originally a joint venture with South Staffordshire Group set up in 1993. Previously a brand manager with Procter & Gamble, followed by management consultancy with Deloitte and his own company.

Ian Carlisle

Appointed to the Board in November 2004. Joined Homeserve in June 2003 as Chief Executive of Homeserve Emergency Services. Previously Managing Director of Autoglass Ltd, prior to which he was Divisional Commercial Director at Marks & Spencer plc.

Jon Florsheim

Appointed to the board as Chief Excutive Officer, Homeserve Membership in March 2007. Previously he was Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director, Customer Group, of British Sky Broadcasting. Prior to joining BskyB in 1994, Jon was Marketing Director of Dixons Stores Group (now DSG International plc) and has held marketing posts with Tesco.

Rachael Hughes, BA (Hons)

Appointed as Managing Director of Homeserve Europe in 2005 having been Managing Director of Doméo, Homeserve's joint venture with Generale des Eaux Services in France, since its launch in June 2001. Previously Managing Director of CHEP Argentina SA following a total of seven years with CHEP Equipment Pooling Systems in North and South America and GKN Group in the UK.

Jonathan King, BSc (Hons)

Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Home Service USA in 2005 following 4 years as Managing Director of Homeserve Membership Ltd and a year as Business Development Director. He previously worked in retail marketing with the Boots Company as Group Brand Manager for No.7 Cosmetics.

Jeremy Middleton, BA (Hons)

Non executive Director of the original Homeserve business set up in 1993. Previously a Brand Manager with Procter and Gamble and a Management Consultant with PriceWaterhouse. Now acts as a Venture Capitalist specialising in early stage business.

Jonathan Simpson-Dent, FCA MA

Appointed to the board in March 2007 as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously the Chief Financial Officer of General Healthcare Group and held a number of senior finance roles during seven years at PepsiCo. Prior to this he has spent four years at McKinsey after qualifying as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Emma Thomas, MA

Appointed Group Company Secretary in March 2005. A solicitor, she was previously Group Company Secretary of Nestor Healthcare Group plc, Assistant Secretary of Kingfisher plc and Company Secretary of Hazlewood Foods plc.

Trevor Didcock MBA, BSc (Hons)

Appointed Group Chief Information Officer in February 2008. Previously Information Systems Director at the AA from 2003 to 2007 and Group IT Director of RAC Motoring Services from 1999 to 2003. Prior to that he held various roles in Esso, J P Morgan and Mars, including 3 years as Head of IT for Mars Confectionery.

Martin Sawkins BSc (Hons)

Appointed as Group HR Director in January 2008. Previously Group HR Director of the AA. Prior to the AA he was HR Director for Centrica plc's Home and Road Services, HR and Quality Director for Briden plc and held a number of HR and operations roles with Rover Group Ltd, British Aerospace plc and United Biscuits plc.