John Coombe

Biographical Information
"John held a number of senior financial roles within Charterhouse Group and Charter Consolidated before joining Glaxo holdings in 1986. Appointed to the board in 1992, he was ultimately Chief Financial Officer of GlaxoSmithKline for five years before retiring in 2005. He joined the GUS board in 2005, became the Senior Independent Director of Home Retail Group in 2006 and was appointed Chairman on 4 July 2012. He is a Non-Executive Director of HSBC Holdings, Chairman of Hogg Robinson Group and a former member of the Code Committee of the Panel of Takeovers and Mergers and of the UK "


 * Former Chairman (1999-2001), The Hundred Group