Board Member Biographies

Sir Terry Leahy - Non-Executive Director

Sir Terry Leahy joined Cheshunt, England-based Tesco in 1979 and held marketing positions at the retailer before becoming commercial director of fresh foods in 1986 and a member of the board in 1990. Leahy was appointed Chief Executive of Tesco plc in March 1997.

Leahy received a Knighthood for services to food retailing in the 2002 New Year Honours. He was voted as Britain’s Most Admired Leader (2005 and 2006) by Management Today, recognized by the Wall Street Journal and CNBC as European Business Leader of the Year (2005), and named European Businessman of the Year by Fortune (2004). A Guardian Unlimited Politics panel found him to be the most influential non-elected person in Britain in 2007.

Leahy is a Director on the Liverpool Vision Regeneration Board and a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Council.

In 2010 he received the Daily Telegraph’s Award for a Decade of Excellence in Business, a Lifetime Achievement award from Director Magazine, and was voted Business Person of the Year by the Sunday Times.

Sir Terry Leahy, 54, retired from Tesco in March 2011.

 

Bill Currie - Non-Executive Director

Bill Currie and Iain McDonald are both former top ranked city investment analysts now investing their own capital in business in the online, retail and online support services sectors. Key investments over the past few years have included/include ASOS, QXL, The Hut Group, Zooplus and Metapack.

 

Simon Burke - Chairman

Simon Burke, the former Chief Executive of Virgin Entertainment Group and Chairman of Hamleys PLC, joined Eagle Eye as Chairman in May 2011. Burke is a highly experienced retailer, having led or been a Board member of a host of prominent UK retail brands, including Virgin Megastores, W H Smith, Hamleys, and Majestic Wine.

In additional to Eagle Eye, Burke is currently Chairman of Hobbycraft, Executive Director at Superquinn, and a Director of the BBC. He is also a regular columist for Retail Week magazine and a Trustee of the National Gallery in London.

 

Steve Rothwell - CEO

Steve Rothwell was appointed CEO of Eagle Eye Solutions in 2009, a world leader in mobile coupons and gift vouchers. Steve invented the patented redemption technology which powers the redemption software instore today. Prior to this, he was CEO of Eagle Eye Technologies, a consultant for Consult Hyperion and a software engineer for QualComm and Ericsson.

 

Nigel Wilson - Financial Director

Nigel Wilson joined Eagle Eye as a director in 2005 and has worked closely with the founding team through Eagle Eye’s IP development, fundraising and commercialisation phases. A commercially focused Chartered accountant, Nigel works with developing companies across a broad range of sectors including television, executive search and construction.

In addition to Eagle Eye, Nigel currently sits on the boards of the bluuCo and Calibre One.

Chris Gorell Barnes - Investor and Entrepreneur

For the past decade Chris has acted as a prominent Investor and Entrepreneur in a range of new-media business start-ups. Now a recognized leader in the future of multi-channel retail and online video communications, Chris is currently Founder & CEO of Adjust Your Set and a Director of Eagle Eye Solutions.

Adjust Your Set is an award winning full service online video agency which provides branded content channels for companies such as, M&S, Thomas Pink, Liz Earle, M&S Money, Sotheby¹s and The Royal Opera House.

Chris is also the Executive Producer of the award winning documentary The End of The Line and the co-founder of the Blue Marine Foundation, a body set up to fund the creation of a global network of marine reserves and to provide private sector solutions for marine sustainability.