SPECSAVERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Doug Perkins Paul Fussey
Joint Group CEO and Co-founder Chief Financial and Commercial Officer
A qualified and registered optometrist for Paul joined Specsavers in 2009 and has
more than 50 years, Doug is accountable overall accountability for the group finance,
for the overall success of the partnership. tax and treasury, legal, business change and
Doug also has specific responsibilities for commercial functions of the business. Paul
the advancement of professional standards assumed the role of Managing Director in
across Specsavers and supporting the Australia and New Zealand in December 2014
regulatory agenda across our markets. and returned to the UK as Chief Financial and
He and his wife Mary established Commercial Officer in 2017. He joined from
Specsavers’ joint venture partnership Boots UK where he was Finance Director
model in 1984, with the vision of making and, prior to that, held positions of Divisional
eyecare more affordable. Finance Director for Supply Chain and Shared
Services, and Managing Director for Boots’
Dame Mary Perkins manufacturing division, with operations in the
Co-founder UK, France, Germany, Poland and the Far East.
A qualified and registered optometrist for
more than 50 years, Mary plays an active Pauline Best
role in the business in a number of areas, Global People and Organisation Director
including driving customer service standards, Pauline joined Specsavers in 2008 and is
championing our values and shaping our responsible for all elements of people and
Corporate Responsibility (CR) commitments organisation strategy and activity across
as a member of the CR steering group. the group. She is also responsible for group
Mary plays an active role with a number of services, including insurance and business
national and local charities and was made continuity, office facilities, travel and aviation.
a Dame Commander of the Order of the Before joining Specsavers, Pauline spent
British Empire in 2007. She was appointed 20 years working in mobile communications,
ambassador for Vision Aid Overseas in 2009. including 12 years with Vodafone, where
she most recently held the position of
John Perkins Global Leadership, Talent and People
Joint Group CEO Capability Director.
John is responsible for the overall success of
the partnership and the strategic direction Nigel Parker
of the group. John joined Specsavers in 1998 Managing Director –
and worked in UK stores and operations, ANZ & Northern Europe
as well as a number of international teams, Nigel joined the board in 2006 and provides
before joining the board in 2003. A qualified overall leadership to Australia and New
chartered accountant with an MBA in Zealand, and the Northern Europe region,
retailing, John spent five years with Deloitte with a focus on driving continued growth,
before joining Specsavers. as well as sharing best practice and
innovation across all our markets. Nigel
joined Specsavers in 1997 from Essilor, the
world’s largest manufacturer of ophthalmic
lenses, becoming Product Director and then
Commercial Director.