Board of Directors
Gary McGann is the Chairman of Allegro.eu (Online Shopping), Sicon Ltd (Sisk Group – Construction) and Aon (Investment Holdings) Ireland, the world leading global professional services group in the areas of Risk Capital and Human Capital (Professional services – risk, retirement & health solutions). He is the former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Smurfit Kappa Group plc, one of the leading providers of paper-based packaging solutions in the world. He is also former CEO of Aer Lingus Group (Aviation) and Gilbeys of Ireland (Wine & Spirit Distributor), a former Chair of DAA (Dublin Airport Authority), Aryzta AG (International Bakery Company), a former director of Green Reit Plc (Real Estate Investment) and a former NED/SID of UDG Plc (Healthcare). In August 2023 Gary retired from his position as Chairman of Flutter plc (Fanduel – Online Sports Betting) which he held for 9 years. Gary is also a consultant for Middle Game Ventures, and a Senior International Advisor/Chair of Teneo Ireland. He is a former President of IBEC (Irish Business and Employers’ Confederation) and a former Chair of CEPI (European Paper Industry). In the "not for profit sector" Gary is a director of Barnardos and Chair of The Ireland Funds.
Catherine Faiers was appointed a member of the Allegro Board on May 12, 2023. She 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 and sits in the corporate and social responsibility committee at Auto Trader which is responsible for ESG & Climate strategy. Previously, Catherine 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 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.
David Barker led Cinven's investment in Allegro and has been a member of the supervisory boards of the Allegro and Ceneo operating companies since 2017. He was appointed a member of the Allegro Board on September 1, 2020. David joined Cinven in 1996 and is a partner and a member of the Investment Committee at Cinven. He has been involved in many of Cinven's technology, media and telecom investments.
Marcin Kuśmierz is an experienced chief executive, entrepreneur and investor with over 25 years of professional experience in the technology, e-commerce, fintech, and AI industries. He began his career while at university, when he founded a regional web hosting company which was sold to home.pl. He then joined ITI Group, the largest media group in CEE, as head of research and development and director of mobile services, where he coordinated major development projects to enable the group to benefit from emerging technologies. In 2007, he joined home.pl as CEO and later as a shareholder, leading the company to the number 1 position in the web hosting and business apps categories in CEE, and subsequently selling it to Europe's industry leader, IONOS. There he stayed on as CEO and was responsible for managing emerging markets and a large portfolio of SME applications. In 2021, he became the CEO of Shoper, successfully leading the platform to a debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, with an enterprise value of 65 times EBITDA. Under his leadership, Shoper achieved the highest growth of any e-commerce platform in Central and Eastern Europe between 2021 and 2024. At the beginning of 2025, he and Shoper's other major shareholders decided to sell the company to a holding company of technology companies, Cyber_folks who valued the business at over PLN 1bn. In recent years, he has also successfully invested in payment, logistics, cloud and AI companies. Marcin is focused on building values-driven companies and believes a great culture is a fundamental enabler of any innovative company.
Jonathan ("Jon") Eastick joined the Group as CFO in February 2018 and was appointed as a member and executive director of the Allegro Board on September 1, 2020, following the Group's IPO. Jon is also a member of the Allegro Management Board. Previously, he was a director at Ernst & Young and has 35 years of experience in finance and management. This includes over 20 years in CFO roles from Allegro, Netia, Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, and Lucent Technologies Poland. Jon holds a Bachelor of Science in International Trade and Development Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and is a British Chartered Accountant.
Nancy Cruickshank was appointed a member of the Allegro Board on September 1, 2020. She has Chaired Allegro's Remuneration, Nomination, and ESG Committee since May 2022. Nancy is an Operating Partner at Exponent PE in London, where she also Chairs two of their portfolio companies, Go City and Wowcher. She is also an independent Non-Executive at Flutter Entertainment Plc (FTSE 100). Previously, Nancy was Chief Digital Officer at Carlsberg, having held a NED position with the company for 18 months prior to joining the Executive Team. She has worked in the digital industry for 25+ years, including launching Conde Nast online in 1996, overseeing Telegraph Media Group's digital business and operating as a serial entrepreneur to build the beauty marketplace, MyShowcase, and the fashion and beauty market leader, Handbag.com between 2001 and 2006, leading to a successful sale to Hearst Corporation in 2006. Nancy holds a Bachelor of History from the University of Leeds.
Pedro Arnt was appointed a member of the Allegro Board on June 22, 2022. He has been working for over 20 years in various senior leadership capacities in the consumer internet industry and is currently the CEO of dLocal, a publicly listed, global leader in emerging markets fintech. Prior to that, Pedro served for over 12 years as the Chief Financial Officer of MercadoLibre (MELI), one of the largest global marketplaces and Latin America’s most popular e-commerce site by number of visitors. Prior to joining MELI in 1999, Pedro worked for the Boston Consulting Group in its Buenos Aires and São Paulo offices. Over his career, he has held roles in various capacities, gaining multi-year experience leading a variety of teams from early-stage corporate development and marketing, through managing the company’s customer experience operations, continuing as Vice President of Strategic Planning, Treasury & Investor Relations. He was a member of Mercado Libre’s Risk Committee, and led the company's ESG & Climate agenda and currently sits on dLocal’s Risk Committee.
Richard Sanders led Permira's investment in Allegro and has been a member of the supervisory boards of the Allegro and Ceneo.pl operating companies since 2017. He was appointed a member of the Board on 1 September 2020. Richard joined Permira in 1999 and is a partner and a member of the Executive and Investment Committees. At Permira, Richard was the Co-Head of Technology until 2023 and has extensive experience in the sector. Since February 2022, he has been a Board member of MercadoLibre (MELI).
Tomasz Suchański was appointed a member of Allegro's Board on May 12, 2023. He is the CEO of the Żabka Group and many years of experience and deep understanding of the mechanisms that govern the industry allow him to direct the activities of Żabka in a way that has resulted in the position of the leader of the convenience model in Central and Eastern Europe. He is also a chairman of an ESG committee in the Żabka Group. Prior to becoming CEO in March 2016, he was involved with various Jeronimo Martins companies. He worked in the group’s international structures, and before that, from 2011 to 2014, he was the General Manager of the Biedronka retail chain in Poland. Previously, he held the positions of Chief Financial Officer of Jeronimo Martins Polska, its Member of the Management Board and operational director of the central region. Before coming to Poland in 2005, he worked on the international market, dealing with Portuguese chains of the Jeronimo Martins group. In 2003, he took up the post of Financial Director of the Recheio wholesale chain, and earlier, as a member of the Financial Department, he was in charge of Pingo Doce supermarkets and Feira Nova hypermarkets.
Laurence Bourdon-Tracol was appointed a member of the Allegro Board on June 26, 2024 and has since chaired Allegro's Audit Committee. Laurence has extensive board and governance experience as an executive and non-executive director. Laurence's 30-year executive career spans multiple e-commerce marketplaces in consumer technology. Currently, she is the Chief Financial Officer at Skyscanner and she is responsible for ESG reporting. Previously at Gousto and Calida she was a Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. At eBay Inc., she led various finance functions, including CFO Deputy for Europe/APAC and served as a board member for global treasury entities. Prior to joining eBay she was responsible for SOX Compliance (Internal Controls Implementation – Governance) and Internal Audit (Operational & Financial Audits – Enterprise Risk Management) in Xilinx.