Who's Who

An outstandingly successful businessman, Rod began his career in the pharmaceutical industry, enjoying a successful career with the UK subsidiary of Schering AG, before establishing Imperial Pharmaceutical Services in 1985. Ten years later, the company merged with Shire Pharmaceuticals Ltd to form Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc which was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996.
 
Later, Rod found further success as Executive Chairman of Entertainment Rights plc – which he also founded. This innovative business specialised in intellectual property rights – and children’s television characters such as Postman Pat, The Tweenies and Basil Brush.
 
Since taking the helm at The Rose Bowl – home of Hampshire Cricket – in 2000, Rod has focused his business talents on the development and continuous improvement of the state-of-the-art venue, and was largely credited for bringing Test match cricket to the South Coast for the first time ever when England played Sri Lanka between 16-20 June 2011.
 
As well as Rose Bowl Plc and its subsidiaries, Rod is a director at PepTcell Limited and serves on the advisory board of the security company, Infinity SDC Ltd. 

Having started at The Rose Bowl in 2011, Zac assumed responsibility for the Rose Bowl’s commercial activities which include marketing, communications, sponsorship and ticketing.

He has also previously spent six years at Surrey and has more than 15 years experience in the financial services sector having worked with Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.

Joined The Rose Bowl in June 2007 from Southampton Football Club where he was Stadium Operations Manager for seven years. He joined the Saints in July 2000 to work on the new stadium project and to implement the club’s move to St. Mary’s.

During his time at the Saints, Chris was responsible for the operational delivery of all events including football matches and concerts as well as overseeing the day to day running of the stadium. He was also instrumental in the stadium being awarded the coveted UEFA Four Star status. Prior to joining the Saints, Chris was at the Millennium Dome in a senior operational role having previously worked for the Football Association (including Euro 96), UEFA and the NFL.

He started his career as a graduate trainee with the Rank Organisation before moving to Wembley Stadium Ltd where he progressed to the position of Senior Event Manager. During his nine years at Wembley he managed a wide range of major events including Cup Finals, England Internationals, concerts and  American Football matches. Chris plays cricket regularly and is chairman of his local club.

Joined The Rose Bowl in September 2007.    Modern Languages graduate who qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG. Held several positions as Financial Controller, European Financial Controller and Finance Director in industry, including spells working in France and Spain. 

More recently, he was Finance Director at Miranda Technologies Ltd, a manufacturer of TV broadcasting equipment, with responsibility for all aspects of Finance in the European operations. 

Joined The Rose Bowl having worked as a chef for many years before moving on to become a Catering Manager, General Manager and Operations Performance Manager at, amongst other places, Highbury College in Portsmouth and Oxford Brookes University.

At the latter, he was instrumental in the University achieving three sustainability “firsts”; becoming the first “Fairtrade University” in the world, first to be able use the MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) logo on their menus and first University in Europe to gain ‘Good Egg’ accreditation.

He has also developed two food brands, ‘Goodness Me’ and ‘The Bakehouse’, which have been embraced by Compass Group (The Rose Bowl’s partner) and have been rolled out into the Compass business. 

A long-standing employee of Hampshire cricket across a number of capacities, Tim made his 1st XI debut in 1976 and enjoyed a 15 year playing career until his retirement in 1991, when he took up the position of County Coach.

During the winter of 2000/2001, Tim was manager of the England U19 Touring Party to India.

He is President of the Hampshire Cricket League and an Executive Member of the Hampshire Cricket Board.