Management

Managing areas of sourcing, buying and marketing, a truly product expert.

Joined Pepco in 2013. Having over 20 years’ experience in commercial management across Europe.

Formerly associated with the German retail brand Orsay.

Julian Beer joined Pepco Group as Commercial Director FMCG in March 2023. He is an experienced CCO who has worked in senior commercial roles at the multinational discounter Lidl over the last 12 years, from which he departed as board executive in 2022. In his career he supported setting up the Global Sourcing team in Germany, followed by 5 years of implementation in the U.K. ROI, and Northern Ireland. Prior to Lidl he worked for a period of 10 years at a the retailer BODAN as well for ALDI, both in Germany.

Marcin joined the Group in 2007 as Pepco Buying Director before becoming Managing Director of Dealz CEE in 2017. Marcin is responsible for launching and expanding Dealz in CEE. He has over 23 years’ experience in various retail functions, including store operations and buying and merchandising, having held the positions of Buying Director at Auchan and Store Director at Dixons prior to joining the Group.

Austin Cooke joined Pepco Group as Managing Director for Western Europe in July 2017, leading our Dealz brand in France and Spain. In Early 2018 he was appointed to the role of Retail Director for Poundland UK and Dealz Ireland, and then progressed to Retail and Transformation Director, and then Chief Operating Officer. In 2023 he was appointed as Managing Director of Poundland. Austin has a track record in retail and hospitality, working internationally across Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, Business Development, and M&A for Phones 4u, Yum Brands Inc (KFC), and Dixons Group.

Barry joined Poundland in 2016 as Trading Director and was promoted to Managing Director of Poundland in 2017. He has over 30 years’ experience within the retail sector, 20 of which were in the discount sector, having spent his early career at Kwik Save and having served most recently as Trading Director and then Marketing Director at Asda. Between these periods, he gained experience in partnership models with the Co-Operative Movement and in wholesale with Musgrave Retail Partners.

Jacqui Glenn joined Poundland as IT Director in 2021 and was appointed as Group Chief Information Officer in October 2023. She has over 30 years’ experience in technology and digital leadership roles delivering transformational change. Jacqui has previously worked at Kingfisher, Sainsbury’s (formally Argos), Whitbread and Volkswagen Group.

Mark joined Pepco in 2021. An experienced International leader with extensive knowledge of developing retail and FMCG business across Europe and Asia. Mark held senior roles in Tesco Product and International divisions.

Keith joined Pepco in June 2023 as Operations Director. He spent 35 years at Tesco in various operations roles; past 15 years as Chief Operating Officer. Since 2016 he have been self employed retail consultant for various companies around the world.

Ned Staple joined Pepco as Group General Counsel & Company Secretary in September 2023. He worked previously at NYSE listed online car retailer Cazoo and LSE listed property portal and data business ZPG Plc (formerly Zoopla). He led the legal and compliance functions of both businesses through their IPOs. He started his career in private practice in the corporate team of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, working on securities transactions, joint ventures and M&A across multiple sectors.