Our People



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Hugh Edwards

Hugh graduated with first class honours in Marketing from the University of Strathclyde. In the past ten years he has been an integral member of the executive team which transformed Thomson Travel Group leading to its sale to TUI Germany in 2001, he was commercial director on the team that turned around the performance of P&O Ferries leading to its sale to Dubai Ports World in 2005 and member of the executive team that increased the enterprise value of BrightHouse stores from £90m to £170m in an eighteen month period prior to its sale to Vision Capital in August 2007. Hugh's early career was spent at Mars Confectionery and RHM Foods. He then moved on to spend several years in senior commercial and marketing roles in Kingfisher and then DSGi.


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Mark Thornton

Mark's experience within retail is vast and spans several sectors, from fashion through to furniture. Primarily operations focussed Mark brings a pragmatic and strong people bias to XPD Business Solutions. Entrepreneurial and results driven, he has an exceptional track record in achieving and exceeding targets with a particular strength in implementing change and driving projects in the field. Having spent most of his career with several blue chip retail organisations, he has a proven ability to develop and motivate others to their highest potential through effective people and performance management and managing teams to achieve agreed objectives. He has also gained valuable experience working within the insolvency sector.