David Tyler
Chair
David Tyler
ChairDavid became Chair of the Group in September 2015. During the interim period of five months in 2021 between CEOs, he was Executive Chair. David has over 45 years’ experience spanning the consumer, retail, business services and financial services sectors. David is an experienced chair having served in this role at major UK public companies including J Sainsbury plc, Hammerson plc, and Logica plc. As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, David brings extensive financial knowledge to the Board.
Matthew Crummack
Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Crummack
Chief Executive OfficerMatthew was appointed as CEO of the Domestic & General group on 4th October 2021. He is an experienced executive having led the transformation of big consumer- facing digital brands across different geographies. Matthew was the Group CEO of GoCo Group plc prior to its sale in 2021 to Future plc for $794m, and the CEO of lastminute.com Group where he led the turnaround of the business prior to its sale to Bravofly Rumbo Group for $120m in 2015.
Previously Matthew was Senior Vice President of Lodging at Expedia, managing the supply of hotels and transportation inventory for the global group, and started his career in consumer goods across Europe at Procter & Gamble and Nestle.
Joe Fitzgerald
Chief Financial Officer
Joe Fitzgerald
Chief Financial OfficerJoe joined D&G as a graduate in November 1998 and has worked in a variety of roles across the business. He was appointed Underwriting Director in 2007, and has over his time at D&G also led our Marketing, Data Science, Repair Service, Digital & Group Strategy functions. Joe was previously our acting CFO from November 2019 until November 2020 before being permanently appointed CFO in November 2021. Joe is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Society of Actuaries.
Robin Ashton
Independent Non-Executive Director
Robin Ashton
Independent Non-Executive DirectorRobin is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in retail financial services, both in the UK and internationally, with skills and experience across a broad range of areas, in particular, credit, treasury, audit and accounting. Robin served as Chair of Leeds Building Society until April 2020.
Nina Bhatia
Independent Non-Executive Director
Nina Bhatia
Independent Non-Executive DirectorNina is currently the Executive Director, Strategy & Commercial Development at the John Lewis Partnership. Nina was previously Managing Director of Hive, a smart home business owned by Centrica. She also ran a national home services business for British Gas. Nina spent 23 years at McKinsey & Co. was elected a Partner in 1999 and served clients in multiple sectors including energy, media, healthcare and government.
Robin (Pev) Hooper
Non-Executive Director
Robin (Pev) Hooper
Non-Executive DirectorPev is a Managing Partner at CVC, he co-leads CVC’s private equity activities in the UK and is based in London. He joined CVC in 2003 after working in mergers and acquisitions at Citigroup and Schroders. He holds an MA degree from Oxford University. Pev brings a range of UK consumer financial services experience from his time on the boards of FCA/PRA regulated businesses such as NewDay (a leading consumer credit provider) and the RAC (leading roadside recovery provider and insurance broker).
David Wells
Non-Executive Director
David Wells
Non-Executive DirectorDavid is a Senior Managing Director at CVC and joined in 2009. Prior to joining CVC, David worked for OC&C Strategy Consultants.
Barbara Merry
Independent Non-Executive Director of DGI – the Group’s regulated operating entity
Barbara Merry
Independent Non-Executive Director of DGI – the Group’s regulated operating entityBarbara is a Chartered Accountant with a wealth of experience in the insurance industry and underwriting sector, serving for 12 years as CEO of Hardy Underwriting Group, and prior to that, as Managing Director of the Omega Group. She was also a general manager with the Corporation of Lloyds for some 14 years. Barbara has a number of charitable interests and is an active business angel investor.
Michael Ross
Non-Executive Director
Michael Ross
Non-Executive DirectorMichael has over 30 years experience in digital and data- driven transformation. He is a serial entrepreneur and has co-founded businesses including figleaves.com, ecommera and DynamicAction. He has also served on the board and advised a wide range of businesses across retail, telecommunications, financial services, and consumer goods. He started his career at McKinsey and Company.
Martin Iacoponi
Non-Executive Director
Martin Iacoponi
Non-Executive DirectorMartin is a Managing Director at CVC and joined in 2015. Prior to joining CVC, Martin worked at Credit Suisse.

Domestic & General Limited Audit & Risk Committee
The members of the Domestic & General Limited Audit Committee are Robin Ashton (Chair), Martin Iacoponi, David Tyler, and David Wells. The members of Domestic & General Insurance Plc Audit & Risk Committee are Barbara Merry (Chair), and David Tyler. The Committee has an established annual plan of work, and its responsibilities include: the review of the annual and quarterly financial statements (including the reasonableness of areas of judgement); review of the appropriateness of the Group's accounting principles and procedures; review of the effectiveness of the audit process and the relationship of the Company with its external auditors including the level and nature of non-audit services; review of the effectiveness of the internal audit function; and, review of the effectiveness of the Group's internal controls, risk management and compliance processes.

Remuneration Committee
The members of the Remuneration Committee are Pev Hooper (Chair), Nina Bhatia, David Tyler, Matthew Crummack, David Wells and Martin Iacoponi. The Committee has responsibility for determining the overall framework and policy for remuneration of the Chairman, the independent non-executive directors, the executive directors, and senior executives of the Group. The remuneration policy for executive directors and senior management is to provide packages that are intended to attract, motivate, and retain high calibre individuals, to develop the Group further and enhance its value.