Peter was appointed Chief Executive in January 2010 on the retirement of Roger Dye. He previously spent 10 years in senior management positions in Europe and Canada in the office products distribution industry with Corporate Express N.V., becoming Chief Executive in 2007. In 2008 Peter was appointed head of all Staples' activities outside the United States and Canada.

Kevin was appointed Finance Director in May 2005. He previously held senior finance positions within Amersham plc. Prior to 1997, Kevin was with PricewaterhouseCoopers, latterly as a partner in its Prague office, having also worked in the USA and France.

Chris was appointed Group Human Resources Director in May 2011. He has previously held HR Director roles with Corporate Express N.V., DePuy, a Johnson and Johnson company, Gestetner and the University of Lancaster in the UK. He has lived and worked extensively outside the UK in Europe, the USA and Asia. He holds an MBA and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
 

David joined the group in 1995 and was appointed Company Secretary in May 2005. He has previously held senior finance positions with Thorn EMI plc and KPMG, and has worked extensively outside of the UK including Denmark, Germany, Ireland and the USA.

Christian joined Davis Service Group as Managing Director of the Nordic Region in 2007 having held a number of senior posts within Berendsen Textile Services including Managing Director and Marketing Director. He started his career in the textile industry in 1989 and joined Sophus Berendsen in 1993. Christian holds a B.Sc in Economics and Business Administration from the Copenhagen Business School.

Peter was appointed Managing Director for the Continent Region in 2007. Peter started in the company in 1985. He previously held positions of Managing Director Sweden (1994-2001), Managing Director Denmark (2001-2005) and COO for Sophus Berendsen Group (2005-2007).

Steve was appointed Managing Director of the Sunlight Service Group in 2001 having joined the group through the acquisition of Spring Grove Services in 1996 where he held the position of Commercial Director. Prior to joining Spring Grove in January 1995 he spent 25 years in the telecommunications industry, more latterly as Sales Director in Hutchison Telecom (now Orange). Steve holds an Executive MBA (1993) from Bath University.