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Board of Directors

Paul Forman

Non-Executive Director & Chair
Chair of Nomination and Governance Committee


Paul joined the Board on 1st July 2023. Paul is an experienced director of both listed and private equity-backed businesses, gained in a variety of executive and non-executive roles. He has successfully driven growth, strategic change and fostered high performance, highly engaged workforces. His experience includes Chief Executive roles at three FTSE250 businesses: Essentra Plc, Coats Group Plc and Low & Bonar Plc. He is also a former non-executive director of Brammer Plc and was Senior Independent Director at Tate & Lyle until December 2023. Paul is currently Chair at Winder Power Ltd, Natara Global Ltd and 4imprint Group Plc.

Alex Jensen

Chief Executive Officer


Alex is a purpose-led international executive business leader and non-executive board member with experience across a number of sectors. She has successfully created strategies to drive growth and open up new revenue streams, led digital transformation and built highly performing teams in a number of retail and customer-facing businesses.


Her experience includes being CEO of National Express (UK, Ireland and Germany) where she led a significant turnaround; CEO for BP’s Mobility and Convenience business in Europe and Southern Africa where she was accountable for 9,000 forecourts, 3,500 shops and a material B2B fleet business and Global Chief Marketing Officer at BP where she led a step-change in digital, loyalty and data analytics.


External appointments


She is a Non-Executive Director of Inchcape plc, where she is a member of RemCo and chairs the Sustainability Committee. She is also a Board Trustee of Mind, the UK’s largest mental health charity, where she is a member of the Audit Committee.

Caroline Browne

Chief Financial Officer


Caroline joined the Board and Executive team in May 2026 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Topps Group, Caroline was Group Finance & Investor Relations Director at Watches of Switzerland Group, a FTSE 250 international retailer, where she was part of the team that successfully executed the Company’s Initial Public Offering. Prior to this she was Group Financial Controller at Next plc and held several senior finance positions at Boots. Caroline began her career at Baker Tilly before moving into audit roles at Ernst & Young both in the UK and internationally.


Caroline has also had an active career in the charity sector, and more recently played a significant role in the global merger of the War Child Alliance.


She has extensive retail experience and brings strong expertise in commercial finance, M&A, financial control, governance and investor relations. Caroline is accountable for all areas of Finance, Legal and Company Secretarial across Topps Group.


External appointments


Caroline is also the Vice Chair and Audit & Risk Committee Chair of the charity War Child and a Director of War Child Trading Limited.

Diana Breeze

Non-Executive Director
Member of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination and Governance Committee
Chair of Remuneration Committee
Member of ESG Committee


Diana is an experienced HR Director, with broad experience across the retail and consumer, logistics and property sectors. Since 2019 she has been Group HR Director at Bunzl and has previously held senior management positions with Land Securities, J Sainsbury and Accenture.

Kari Daniels

Employee Engagement Director
Member of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination and Governance Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee
Member of ESG Committee


Kari joined the Board in April 2021. An experienced retail and consumer sector Chief Executive, latterly Chief Executive Officer of Tesco Ireland. Prior to Ireland Kari held senior directorship positions across the Tesco Group in Europe and the UK. Prior to Tesco she was a senior executive at Superdrug, Wella and S C Johnson. Kari is currently the CEO, UK, Ireland and Netherlands and member of Group Executive Committee for SSP Group Plc. Kari is a member of the Chief Executive Forum of the IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution (UK)) and Advisory Board member of WiTHL (Women in Hospitality and Leisure (UK)). She has joined the corporate Board of Cancer Research UK and also of Great Ormond Street.

Denise Jagger

Non-Executive Director
Chair of ESG Committee
Senior Independent Director
Member of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination and Governance Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee


Denise brings extensive commercial, legal and governance experience gained within a range of sectors including retail, together with a long-standing commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion. Denise has held executive and non-executive roles including Chair in a range of organisations including PLCs, private limited companies and charities and has worked in growth businesses and those undergoing structural and cultural change. Denise began her career as a corporate finance lawyer at Slaughter and May before a board level career at Asda Wal Mart followed by her role as partner in charge of client development at international law firm Eversheds Sutherland, all of which nurtured her passion for customer service and effective colleague involvement. Denise is Senior Independent Director at Newspaper Publisher, Reach Plc and a Trustee at the National Trust. She is also a member of the Advisory Panel of IntoUniversity.

Martin Payne

Non-Executive Director
Chair of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination and Governance Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee
Member of ESG Committee


Martin brings over 35 years of financial and business experience as an executive and non-executive in both private and public businesses. A qualified management accountant, Martin served as CFO and most recently as CEO of Genuit Group plc, the FTSE250 building materials group, retiring in May 2022. Prior to that he was CFO of Norcros plc where he gained experience of tile retailing and manufacturing in UK and South Africa, as well as senior financial roles in both engineering and lightside building materials companies. Martin also spent two years as Chair of the Construction Products Association, the trade association representing UK building materials manufacturers, helping the industry navigate through the Covid crisis. He is currently Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Stelrad Group plc as well as Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Churchill China plc.
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