Alan Giles

Alan James Giles[1] OBE is a British businessman and currently a non-executive director of the Competition and Markets Authority. He is also a non-executive director of Rentokil Initial plc and a member of OFT's Audit and Risk Remuneration committees.[2]

For the Anglican Dean of Jersey, see Alan Giles (priest).

Career

From March 1999 until September 2006 he was chief executive officer of HMV Group, owner of record shop HMV, which he joined in 1998.[3][4]

HMV Group also owned the UK bookshop chain Waterstones,[4] which bought another book chain Ottakars in 2006.[5] HMV and Waterstones suffered a decline in sales in the financial year 2005–2006. Giles stated that the internet, including music downloading, and supermarket competition, contributed towards HMV's decline in sales.[6]

After leaving HMV, he became chairman of Fat Face, the active lifestyle retailer.[7]

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References
  1. "New Year's Honours 2018" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 29 December 2017. p. 28. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. "Alan Giles". Competition and Markets Authority. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. "HMV names Simon Fox as CEO from Sept 28, succeeds Alan Giles". Forbes. 18 July 2006. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  4. Damian Reece (12 January 2006). "HMV boss to quit as shops lose to internet". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  5. "HMV warns on job losses following Ottakar's deal". Forbes. 31 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  6. "HMV in a spin". The Daily Telegraph. 15 January 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  7. James Hall (22 January 2010). "Asda clothing boss Anthony Thompson defects to Fat Face". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 January 2010.


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