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Ben Gordon is the non-executive director of five-a-side football group Powerleague Group Limited.

Career

Gordon was the chief executive of Mothercare PLC from December 2002 to November 2011.

He has also served as a senior vice president and managing director at Disney Store Europe and Asia Pacific; senior management positions at WH Smith Group; and L'Oreal SA in Paris.

He is currently a non-executive director of five-a-side football group Powerleague Group Limited.[1]

Letter to the Telegraph

On 1 April 2015 Baldock was one of 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph praising the British Conservative Party's economic policies and claiming a Labour government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.[2]

Political donations

According to the Guardian, Gordon has donated £9,000 to the Conservative Party; but this has not been recorded by the Electoral Commission.[3][4]

Affiliations

  • Britvic Soft Drinks Limited, independent non-executive director, member of audit committee, member of nomination committee and member of remuneration committee
  • St Ives plc, independent non-executive director, member of audit committee, member of nomination committee and member of remuneration committee[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bloomberg Ben Gordon, accessed 2 April 2015.
  2. Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 2 April 2015.
  3. The Tory 100: captains of industry, party donors (and a few tax avoiders) Guardian, 1 April 2015, accessed 2 April 2015.
  4. Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 2 April 2015.