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Board

Laurence Francis Orbach
Chairman and CEO

Previously an academic in New York, Laurence Orbach had some publishing experience before founding Quarto in 1976. Together with his role as Chairman and CEO, he is also responsible for Group Strategy.

Robert John Morley
Creative Director

Robert Morley trained as a designer, and was magazine art director for the Sunday Telegraph between 1967 and 1970. Before co-founding Quarto, he spent some time with Reader’s Digest and IPC Part Works, amongst others.

Michael John Mousley, B.Sc, A.C.A
Group Finance Director

Mick Mousley worked for 12 years at Deloitte Haskins & Sells (now part of PricewaterhouseCoopers), the last two years of which were as a senior manager in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department. He joined Quarto in 1987, and was appointed Finance Director in 1989.

Non-executives

Peter Campbell
Non-executive Director

Peter Campbell started his business career with the Booker Group, holding a number of marketing positions in their United Rum Merchants subsidiary. From 1972 to 1989 he was with the Ocean Group, initially on the sales and marketing side, and from 1987 to 1989, he was the General Manager, UK Operations, for the MSAS subsidiary, with responsibility for 27 locations and 800 staff. Since 1989 he has been involved in management training and development.

Leigh Collins
Non-executive Director

Leigh Collins has extensive City experience. He was formerly a Director and Head of Corporate Finance at Stockbrokers, Collins Stewart Limited, a firm of which he was joint founder in 1991.

Peter Waine
Non-executive Director

Peter Waine has a wide corporate experience gained as a result of holding executive and non-executive Directorships in a variety of different sectors and with companies both public and private, up to £1 billion turnover. The organisations he has worked for include GEC, Coopers & Lybrand, W.R. Royle, and the CBI. He is the co-founder of Hanson Green, the principal source for non-executive appointments in the UK. He is also a Visiting Professor at both Cass and Warwick Business Schools.