Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 9, 2001

Andrew May – Monsoon Plc (msn.l)

ANDREW MAY M.A. (Oxon), F.C.A, has been the Finance Director of Monsoon Plc since 1981. After obtaining a degree in Law from Oxford University, he qualified as an Accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG.) He joined Monsoon in 1980 as Chief Accountant being promoted to my current position the following year. He was one of the three executive directors who built up Monsoon from a small private company with nine Stores to a medium sized public company with over 300 Stores. He has specific responsibility for the whole Finance function including Financial Management and Control, Budgeting and Forecasting, Business Planning, Tax, Treasury etc. He is also responsible for IT, Audit, Investor Relations and Company Secretarial matters. Profile
TWST: Let's start with a quick corporate profile of Monsoon, please:

what is its principal business?

Mr. May: The Monsoon Group is a highly successful retailer of clothing

and accessories, and