CHAIR

Susan Hooper – NED @ UBER UK | MOONPIG PLC | Network Chair @ INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP

Susan sits on the Boards of Uber UK and Moonpig PLC (Chair of the Remuneration Committee, ESG lead and DNED for workforce engagement). Susan is a Co-Founder and Senior Independent Director of Chapter Zero, an organisation dedicated to providing education, insight and support on climate change to Non-Executive Board Directors and Chairs. She is involved in several start-ups in carbon capture and sustainability.

Susan is also an Association Member of Bupa Global, an advisor to Active Partners PE, Chair of the Innovation Partnership, and an Ambassador for the World Travel & Tourism Council.

Susan was previously Chair of PE-owned Tangle Teezer ltd before its sale to Bic S.A. in 2024, of Carbon Gap, and of Caresourcer.com in Edinburgh. She has held several non-executive directorships including the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU), Wizz Air PLC, Courtaulds PLC, Royal & Sun Alliance PLC Transcom, First Choice Ltd., S.C Johnson, Whitbread PLC, Affinity Water and The Rank Group PLC. Susan was also a member of the Advisory Board of the LUISS Business School in Rome.

Prior to her plural career, Susan was Managing Director of British Gas Residential Services, a £1.8bn revenue division, leading the Service and Repair, Central Heating Installations, Electrical Services, and Dyno-Rod business units. She joined British Gas from the Acromas Group where she was Chief Executive of the Travel division, responsible for Saga Holidays, Hotels and Cruises, the AA Travel division, and Titan Travel.

Previously, she held senior roles at Royal Caribbean International, Avis Europe, PepsiCo International, McKinsey & Co, and Saatchi & Saatchi, living in seven countries worldwide.

Susan has a BA from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, and an MA from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (S.A.I.S.) in Washington DC. She is fluent in German and Italian.

Susan lives near London with her husband, loves being outdoors and enjoys combining sailing, hiking, travel and photography together with their dogs.