Biography

Catherine Faiers was appointed a member of the Allegro Board on May 12, 2023. Catherine Faiers is a highly regarded e-commerce leader, with proven executive experience in roles across strategy, sales, marketing, product, technology, finance, and operations. Over her career, she has been responsible for successfully delivering digital, data and technology transformations at three leading marketplaces: Auto Trader, Addison Lee and Trainline. Currently, she holds the position of Chief Operating Officer at Auto Trader Group plc (FTSE 100 company), being an Executive Board Director, an attendee at all Board committees and a member of the Executive team. She is Certified Senior Manager at Auto Trader under the FCA SM&CR and sits on the Exec Risk Committee at Auto Trader. She has a carbon literacy training qualification with the carbon literacy trust https://carbonliteracy.com/. She sits in the corporate and social responsibility committee at Auto Trader which is responsible for ESG & Climate strategy. Previously she was a Chief Operating Officer at Addison Lee, with responsibility for running the day-to-day operations of the business, strategy and M&A. Before that, working as a Director of a leading online business at Trainline, she was responsible for strategy, change, M&A, and investor relations. Catherine Faiers gained corporate finance experience at Director level, providing Board-level advice to public and private companies covering: M&A, debt, IPO and pensions. She also worked as a Chartered Accountant and Audit team leader on a number of key accounts at PwC.