Stephen Robertson
Chair, Non-exec director
Retail Economics Ltd, Timpson Group
Stephen joined the University of Bristol Board of Trustees in
January 2021. He is Chair of Retail Economics and non-executive director of
Timpson Group.
Stephen’s career started in consumer businesses – Unilever,
Alberto Culver, Mars Inc, Mattel. Stephen served as marketing director at
B&Q before leading the acquisition of Screwfix Direct. Subsequently, he
worked on the boards of WHSmith and Woolworths and then Director General of
British Retail Consortium
Previously, he has been a non-executive board member at: Hargreaves Lansdown plc (Bristol-based, FTSE
100 consumer financial services), Clipper Logistics plc, National Portrait
Gallery Company, Fresca Group (fresh produce supplier), Sofology (furniture
retailer) and Footasylum plc (fashion retail). Stephen chaired Business West
and then West of England LEP and Bristol Energy.
He is a former chairman of the Marketing Society, fellow of
Royal Society of Arts, and a member Emeritus of the Marketing Group of Great
Britain and received an honorary Doctorate from University of West of England.