Mary Reilly

Board Committees

Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination Committee

Date of appointment to the Board

1 September 2017

Other current appointments

Mary is Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Essentra plc. Mary is also Non-Executive Director of Cazoo Group Ltd (Cazoo) and a member of Cazoo’s Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Additionally, Mary is Independent Non-Executive Director of Gemfields Group Limited and on the board of Mar Holdco S.a.r.l, a privately held Luxembourg company. Her current trusteeships include the PDSA and Crown Agents International Development.

Past roles

Mary was Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Travelzoo from 2013 to 2022 and Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Ferrexpo plc from 2015 to 2019. She was also Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee of the UK Department for Transport and of Crown Agents Limited from 2013 to 2017. Prior to this, she was Non-Executive Director of Cape plc from 2016 to 2017. She has served as a non-executive director on several other boards since 2000. She was a partner in Deloitte LLP (and predecessor firms) for over 25 years.

Skills and experience

• Exceptional audit, risk management and assurance experience
• Accounting, finance and international experience
• Chartered accountant, with a degree in History from University College London