Vanda was appointed Non-Executive Director in February 2024.

She has over 20 years of senior management experience across a range of sectors, including manufacturing, industrial, and support services in Europe, the USA, and Asia. Vanda has previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Blick Plc, and UK Managing Director of Ultrafame Plc, and she is currently the Chair of Marshalls Plc and is the Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee at Bunzl Plc. Vanda’s extensive experience in both executive and non-executive roles benefit Howdens from both a leadership and a strategy perspective, and her tenure as a remuneration committee chair means she will be able to transition easily into the Howdens Remuneration Committee Chair role when Karen Caddick retires from the Board in May 2024. In 2002, Vanda was also awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for Services to Industry and Export.