Leadership team

Philippe Chainieux

Chief Executive Officer

Philippe is the Chief Executive Officer of the Group. He joined MADE in 2013 as Managing Director, having held the role until his promotion to Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2017. Philippe has extensive experience in executive roles in public companies, having served as the Chief Operating Officer and later Chief Executive Officer of Meetic. During his time at Meetic, the company underwent an IPO and Philippe helped drive the company’s international expansion, leading to a merger of Meetic with Match.com. Philippe also has a wealth of experience with digital businesses, having held senior executive roles at ifrance.com, SFR (part of Vivendi Universal) and Fnac.com.

Philippe holds a degree from the École Centrale Paris.

Adrian Evans

Chief Financial Officer

Adrian is the Chief Financial Officer of the Group, having held the role since 17 July 2017. Adrian has spent most of his career scaling fast growing digital companies. Before joining MADE, Adrian held various senior finance leadership roles at THE NET-A-PORTER GROUP, including Group Financial Controller, Director of Strategy and Chief Financial Officer. He played a key role in the sale of the Group to YOOX to become YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP. Following the transaction, Adrian served on the Executive Team as Commercial Director for two years before joining MADE.

Adrian holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Sheffield and is an Associate of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Nicola Thompson

Chief Operating Officer

Nicola is the Chief Operating Officer of the Group, having held the role since 30 September 2019. Nicola has over 20 years of retail experience, with over 10 years in senior leadership positions within high growth e-commerce businesses in fashion. Prior to joining MADE, Nicola was part of the Executive Board at ASOS Plc where she was responsible for Global Customer Development, covering international growth and expansion strategy and overseeing customer services. Prior to taking on the Global Customer role at ASOS, Nicola held a number of senior commercial and merchandising roles.

Nicola holds a Bachelor of Science in Geography from the University of Manchester.

Lisa Tomlins

General Counsel and Company Secretary

Lisa is the General Counsel and Company Secretary of the Group, having joined MADE as its first lawyer in December 2014.  Lisa has close to 20 years of corporate and commercial legal experience. Prior to MADE, Lisa was a senior lawyer at online takeaway business Just Eat (now Just Eat Takeaway.com), and helped execute the company’s 2014 London IPO. Before moving in-house, Lisa spent a decade as a corporate and capital markets lawyer with international law firms Debevoise & Plimpton and Cleary Gottlieb, as well as on secondment to Goldman Sachs. Lisa also co-founded “The Disruptive GC Network” connecting general counsels of high growth businesses.

Lisa is a dual-qualified English and New York lawyer with a first class law degree from Cambridge University and a masters in law from New York University.