Meet the Trustees - Timpson Group

Sir John Timpson CBE

Sir John Timpson CBE
John Timpson was born in Manchester in 1943 and educated at Oundle and Nottingham University. After a six-month Graduate Training Scheme with C & J Clark at Street, he joined the family footwear business William Timpson Limited. In 1983, John led a £42m management buyout, the UK's largest MBO at the time. Since then, the company has diversified into engraving, watch and mobile phone repairs, dry-cleaning and photo processing. Timpson now has over 1,900 branches nationwide with a turnover of £260m and profits of over £20m. It remains a private business wholly owned by Sir John and his family. Together with his late wife Alex, the couple fostered 90 children over a 30 year period and adopted two sons. Sir John is a much in demand speaker on the subject of Attachment and has published three easy to read guides on the issue. He founded the Alex Timpson Trust in honour of the contribution his late wife Alex made in championing the rights of looked after children.

Paresh Majithia

Paresh has been Finance Director for Timpson for 20 years. He previously worked as Group and UK Finance Director for UCI Cinemas and prior to that with Asda and Woolworths having qualified as a chartered accountant with PWC. As Finance Director and Main Board Member, Paresh has worked closely with John Timpson to help the business grow into the UK’s leading retail service provider with over 2,000 stores and turnover of £400m. Paresh is married to Lisa and they have two boys, Marco and Milan. He enjoys family life, going to gigs, watching and playing football and eating out.
Paresh has such a pivotal role in the business John Timpson has called Paresh “an honorary member of the Timpson family”.

Louise Appleby

Louise is a chartered accountant who joined the Timpson Group in 2004 and became a trustee in 2021 taking on the responsibility of managing the cashflow and finances of the trust, preparing the year end report and ensuring all compliance requirements are met. Louise is married with two sons and has an appreciation for fancy food, fancy shoes and fancy cars!