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 previously served as Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee at Bunzl Plc, Chief Executive Officer of Blick Plc, and UK Managing Director of Ultrafame Plc, and she is currently the Chair of Marshalls Plc. Her 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 was able to transition easily into the Howdens Remuneration Committee Chair role 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.