Directors' Biographies

John von Spreckelsen - Non-Executive Chairman (N.)
Joined Thorntons in June 2006. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of Budgens plc and Chairman of Somerfield plc. Currently his other appointments include those of an Operating Partner of Merchant Equity Partners LLP in the UK, and Chairman of But SAS in France. He is Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Mike Davies - Chief Executive
Joined Thorntons in October 2006. Previously held a number of senior positions in Mars Inc., including Managing Director of the UK and Ireland, European Vice-President, Sales and latterly as President of Latin America sitting on Mars Inc.'s Worldwide Operating Board. Prior to joining Mars, Mr Davies spent three years with Procter & Gamble.

Barry Bloomer - Managing Director, Sales & Operations.
Joined Thorntons in July 2005 and was appointed to the Board in July 2006. He previously spent ten years at Black & Decker, latterly as European Operations Director and prior to that eight years in various positions including Manufacturing and Quality Director for Philips Components Ltd.

Mark Robson - Finance Director
Joined Thorntons in November 2009 and appointed to the Board December 2009.
A qualified chartered accountant with extensive experience in the retail and consumer goods sectors, most recently with Somerfield Ltd, now part of the Co-operative Group, where he was Finance Director. Previously Finance Director of SFI Holdings Limited, the pub and bar chain, Claire's Accessories (UK) Ltd and prior to that he held a number of senior finance positions including Group Finance Director, at Alldays plc, the convenience store group.

Peter Wright - Marketing Director
Joined Thorntons in August 2007. Previously held a number of senior marketing positions in Tesco plc including UK Director for brand marketing, UK Director for stores and non-food marketing and latterly as Marketing Director for Tesco, Ireland. Prior to joining Tesco he held a number of senior marketing positions both in the UK and internationally with Diageo.

Diana Houghton - Non-Executive Director (A. R. N.)
Joined Thorntons in December 2008. A corporate development and strategy specialist with broad experience of the consumer goods and leisure retail sectors and extensive corporate finance expertise. She spent six years as Corporate Development Director of Allied Domecq before working as a consultant to a number of companies, investment banks and private equity houses. She is Chair of the Audit Committee.

Paul Wilkinson - Non-Executive Director (A. R. N.)
Joined Thorntons in August 2006. He holds a portfolio of executive, non-executive and advisory roles in the food, consumer and retail sectors as well as the public sector. Previous appointments include Chairman of Rank Hovis McDougall and prior to that he held management roles at Unilever and Grand Metropolitan. He was an independent Director of Aryzta AG, a major international food group based in Zurich until 31 July 2009 and other appointments include Produce World, Big Bear Group and First Day Lawson. Also chairs the National Skills Academy. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Senior Independent Director.