Date Appointed: June 2013
Skills and Experience: John has extensive experience of the functional food and sports nutrition sectors, having worked at GlaxoSmithKline for more than 35 years. John was global President of GSK Consumer Healthcare from 2006 to 2011, and was a member of GlaxoSmithKline plc Corporate Executive Team until March 2012.
Under John’s leadership from 2006 to 2011 GSK Consumer Healthcare was the fastest-growing business in the industry, growing by 60% and reaching sales of £5 billion despite recessionary environments in the majority of the business’ markets. The business added £2 billion and global expansion for 15 years from 1996 to 2011, Lucozade achieved growth of 13% CAGR throughout this period.
Date Appointed: June 2013
Skills and Experience: Tim Wright, has spent much of his career with GlaxoSmithKline, working in the Consumer Healthcare division of the Company from 1982 to 2011. In his last 5 years at GSK, Tim was President of GSK’s Global Brands, where he drove market leading revenue growth through world class marketing and innovation. After leaving GSK in 2011, Tim was appointed as President to Zarbee’s Naturals, a privately owned natural medicine business. His role up to 2013 was to help establish the Company’s brand and quickly grow the newly formed business from $3 million to $18 million. In 2014, Tim set up his own business, StepChange Strategy, which aims to create shareholder value for startup and multinational consumer healthcare companies, by focusing on brand strategy, innovation and geographic expansion. In 2015 Tim acquired, and now runs, Embrace Hearing.
Date Appointed: January 2020
Skills and Experience: Roger joined the SIS Board during January 2020. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales having trained professionally with Price Waterhouse. His last executive role was as the Group Finance Director and a Board member of Mulberry Group PLC for eight years, stepping down during May 2016. During his time at Mulberry he successfully led the business through a period of extremely rapid growth and international expansion. Prior to this he spent the previous 10 years in senior finance and commercial roles within the multinational Otto Group based in both Hong Kong and United Kingdom. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Quiz PLC, the AIM listed fast fashion brand where he chairs the Audit and the Remuneration Committees. On a pro bono basis he is a director of the Berkshire Golf Club and Beaudesert Park School Trust Limited.
Date Appointed: April 2013
Skills and Experience: Stephen has an extensive background in fast moving consumer goods, having held a variety of senior roles with BP, Quaker, Nestle and GlaxoSmithKline. In his last corporate role, Stephen was Strategy Planning and Worldwide Business Development Director for GSK’s Consumer Healthcare business.
Stephen became CEO of Provexis PLC in 2006 and led the acquisition of Science in Sport in 2011. SiS was spun out of Provexis in 2013 and listed on AIM. In 2018, he led the acquisition of PhD Nutrition from Walgreen Boots, leading to the formation of the Science in Sport PLC.
With an MBA from Hult Ashridge Business School, Stephen also graduated from INSEAD with a Diploma in Clinical Organisational Psychology in 2010. The latter qualification has underpinned his executive coaching work with senior leaders from a variety of global organisations.
Stephen spends time outside of work cycling, training at the gym, and taking the opportunity to talk to other athletes ask and understand what nutrition they are using and why.
Date Appointed: June 2013
Skills and Experience: John has extensive experience of the functional food and sports nutrition sectors, having worked at GlaxoSmithKline for more than 35 years. John was global President of GSK Consumer Healthcare from 2006 to 2011, and was a member of GlaxoSmithKline plc Corporate Executive Team until March 2012.
Under John’s leadership from 2006 to 2011 GSK Consumer Healthcare was the fastest-growing business in the industry, growing by 60% and reaching sales of £5 billion despite recessionary environments in the majority of the business’ markets. The business added £2 billion and global expansion for 15 years from 1996 to 2011, Lucozade achieved growth of 13% CAGR throughout this period.
Date Appointed: June 2013
Skills and Experience: Tim Wright, has spent much of his career with GlaxoSmithKline, working in the Consumer Healthcare division of the Company from 1982 to 2011. In his last 5 years at GSK, Tim was President of GSK’s Global Brands, where he drove market leading revenue growth through world class marketing and innovation. After leaving GSK in 2011, Tim was appointed as President to Zarbee’s Naturals, a privately owned natural medicine business. His role up to 2013 was to help establish the Company’s brand and quickly grow the newly formed business from $3 million to $18 million. In 2014, Tim set up his own business, StepChange Strategy, which aims to create shareholder value for startup and multinational consumer healthcare companies, by focusing on brand strategy, innovation and geographic expansion. In 2015 Tim acquired, and now runs, Embrace Hearing.
Date Appointed: January 2020
Skills and Experience: Roger joined the SIS Board during January 2020. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales having trained professionally with Price Waterhouse. His last executive role was as the Group Finance Director and a Board member of Mulberry Group PLC for eight years, stepping down during May 2016. During his time at Mulberry he successfully led the business through a period of extremely rapid growth and international expansion. Prior to this he spent the previous 10 years in senior finance and commercial roles within the multinational Otto Group based in both Hong Kong and United Kingdom. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Quiz PLC, the AIM listed fast fashion brand where he chairs the Audit and the Remuneration Committees. On a pro bono basis he is a director of the Berkshire Golf Club and Beaudesert Park School Trust Limited.
Date Appointed: April 2013
Skills and Experience: Stephen has an extensive background in fast moving consumer goods, having held a variety of senior roles with BP, Quaker, Nestle and GlaxoSmithKline. In his last corporate role, Stephen was Strategy Planning and Worldwide Business Development Director for GSK’s Consumer Healthcare business.
Stephen became CEO of Provexis PLC in 2006 and led the acquisition of Science in Sport in 2011. SiS was spun out of Provexis in 2013 and listed on AIM. In 2018, he led the acquisition of PhD Nutrition from Walgreen Boots, leading to the formation of the Science in Sport PLC.
With an MBA from Hult Ashridge Business School, Stephen also graduated from INSEAD with a Diploma in Clinical Organisational Psychology in 2010. The latter qualification has underpinned his executive coaching work with senior leaders from a variety of global organisations.
Stephen spends time outside of work cycling, training at the gym, and taking the opportunity to talk to other athletes ask and understand what nutrition they are using and why.
He has worked with international market-leading consumer branded businesses such as Cadbury, Schweppes, L’Oreal and Shell in a range of finance roles and has held senior finance positions at Tesco and Asos. James was appointed CFO in September 2019.
SiS (Science in Sport®) PLC is a leading sports nutrition business that develops, manufactures and markets science-led nutrition products for professional athletes, sports and fitness enthusiasts and the active lifestyle community. SiS (Science in Sport®) PLC (company number 08535116) was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in London, EC1N. Our manufacturing facility is in Nelson, Lancashire, and all our products are thoroughly tested and certified through the Informed-Sport programme
