Board of Directors

Mahmud founded boohoo group with Carol Kane in 2006, leveraging over 30 years of experience in the fashion and clothing industry. Mahmud is an entrepreneur, with expertise encompassing all areas of the supply chain from sourcing, import and wholesale. Mahmud is an inspirational leader, having built a strong team and engendered loyalty from many long-serving employees.

Carol co-founded boohoo group with Mahmud Kamani in 2006 following their shared recognition of the opportunity for online retail. Carol oversees the Group’s product, marketing and brand strategy across the UK and internationally. She has worked in the fashion industry throughout her career, initially as a designer and then as a fashion buyer. Before setting up boohoo.com, Carol and Mahmud worked together for over 20 years supplying high street retailers.

John joined boohoo as Chief Executive officer on 15 March 2019. He previously had an eight year tenure as Chief Operating Officer of Primark Stores Limited, a division of Associated British Foods plc and one of Europe's fastest growing and most profitable retail businesses. John's earlier career involved senior roles at Matalan and the Arcadia Group.

Stephen joined the group as Chief Financial Officer in February 2024. Stephen is widely recognised for his e-commerce expertise and he has significant experience in a range of businesses. He spent a significant part of his executive career as CFO of two founder-led, dipitally disruptive businesses, Betfair and Zoopla, both of which he led through IPO and helped to create significant shareholder value. Stephen has also been a Non-Executive director at Entain, the FTSE100 group, and here at boohoo group (2014 -2017). He has also been a venture partner al Octopus Ventures. His most recent executive position was at Cazoo ple. He is a qualified chartered accountant and a member of the INSEAD alumni.

Alistair joined the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman in March 2023.

Alistair has over 20 years of retail experience including roles as CEO of Matalan and Littlewoods and being Executive Chairman of New Look.

He is currently serving as Non-Executive Director of The Original Factory Shop, non-Executive Chair of East Imperial plc and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Retail Trust, which provides support to retail employees, both past and present.

Tim Morris joined the Board as Non-Executive Director in May 2021. Tim is a member of the Audit, Nomination, Remuneration, and Risk Committees. Tim is currently Group General Counsel & Company Secretary at TalkTalk Telecom Group Limited, which was on the main list of the London Stock Exchange until March 2021 and where he joined prior to its IPO in 2010. He held similar positions at Carphone Warehouse Group PLC prior to its IPO in 2000 until 2015 during which time it merged with Dixons to create Dixons Carphone PLC. He is also a founding Partner of Freston Ventures Investments LLP, which invests in a number of private businesses including Five Guys Europe, in addition to various indirect private equity and investment funds. Tim is a Solicitor who worked in private practice before 2000, specialising in corporate finance.

Kirsty joined the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director in September 2021. Kirsty has extensive ESG and sustainability experience across financial services, telecommunications and technology sectors. She is currently serving as the Director of Sustainable Banking at Natwest Group plc and as an independent member of the Professional Standards Committee at HMRC. Prior to joining Natwest Group, she held the role of Director of Citizenship at Barclays. Prior to this Kirsty held various sustainability, brand strategy and marketing roles in retail, telecommunications and advertising sectors. Kirsty sits on the audit and risk committees.

John joined the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director and chairman of the Audit Committee in April 2023. John is a qualified chartered accountant previously working within corporate finance with Deloitte & Touche, Old Mutual Securities, Arden Partners and Zeus. He is currently a non-executive director for Kelso Group Holdings plc and Oncimmune plc.

Iain is a global expert in technology and e-commerce, having had a strong track record in investing in early stage companies such as ASOS, The Hut Group, Eagle Eye Solutions, Anatwine and Metapack. He is the founder of Belerion Capital, an investor and investment advisor in technology and e-commerce companies. Iain is also a non-executive director of various of his investee companies, as well as other companies such as The Hut Group, and is now chairman of CentralNIC. Previously, Iain was a top-ranked retail and e-commerce analyst and held positions in a number of UK investment banks. Iain graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), with a BSc in Economics & Economics History.

Iain is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and sits on the Audit and Nomination Committees.

Tom joined boohoo group in October 2014 and has held group roles across legal, sustainability and communications. Prior to joining the boohoo group, he worked in private practice, qualifying as a solicitor with Gateley plc and latterly in industry, as legal counsel within BAE Systems International business.