Debbie joined BGL Group Board in September 2011 as a Non-Executive Director. She became Non-Executive Chair of the BGL Group Board in July 2018 and was also appointed Non-Executive Chair of the CtM Board in June 2020.

She is also Non-Executive Chair of Visa Europe Limited, White Stuff Limited and The Football Association.

Debbie was previously CEO for the RAC, where she led all commercial activities, including roadside and recovery business, Auto Windscreens and BSM Driving School. She also had full management accountability for RAC’s French and Irish businesses, as well as its pan-European activity.

She holds an MBA (distinction) from Bath University, was awarded an MBE in the 2011 New Year’s Honours List for ‘Services to Business and the Public Sector’, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and was made a Chartered Companion of the CIPD (Chartered CCIPD) in September 2021.