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: 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: August 2023
Skills and Experience: Paul is a Solicitor by qualification and after a period in private practice moved in house as Head of Legal and Business Affairs before moving into senior management roles which have included Chief Executive or Chairman of private and listed companies. Paul has also enjoyed a parallel pro bono Charity career for over 20 years and was Chairman of The Steve Redgrave Trust, a Trustee at WellChild and is currently Chairman of Special Olympics Great Britain.
Skills and Experience: Henry has worked in financial services since 1996, with a focus on equity capital markets.
Having spent most of his career advising growth companies within investment banking, he became an investment manager, joining the Volantis team at Henderson Global Investors in 2015, which subsequently transferred to Lombard Odier Asset Management in 2017.
He brings strong strategic and commercial experience having been a non-executive director of several public and private companies.
Date Appointed: June 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.
Henry Arthur John Turcan – Non-Executive DirectorSkills and Experience: Henry has worked in financial services since 1996, with a focus on equity capital markets.
Having spent most of his career advising growth companies within investment banking, he became an investment manager, joining the Volantis team at Henderson Global Investors in 2015, which subsequently transferred to Lombard Odier Asset Management in 2017.
He brings strong strategic and commercial experience having been a non-executive director of several public and private companies.
Date Appointed: August 2023
Skills and Experience: Paul is a Solicitor by qualification and after a period in private practice moved in house as Head of Legal and Business Affairs before moving into senior management roles which have included Chief Executive or Chairman of private and listed companies. Paul has also enjoyed a parallel pro bono Charity career for over 20 years and was Chairman of The Steve Redgrave Trust, a Trustee at WellChild and is currently Chairman of Special Olympics Great Britain.
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: June 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.
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
