our team
Meet the ILG Team
A dynamic and proven leadership team united in their belief to re-imagine the golf retail, ecommerce and leisure sector, internationally. In every other way, we are a complementary blend of financial, retail, experiential, fashion, branding, data analysis and customer relationship management experience.
Simon Owers
Chief Financial Officer
View BioA fellow of the ICAEW, Simon had 19 years’ experience of corporate restructuring before joining ILG in 2019. He has since been instrumental in driving accelerated growth across the group.
After 10 years with KPMG LLP, he set up his own company in 2009, targeting owner managed and PE-backed businesses. He received instructions from financial institutions and was engaged by companies to undertake interim roles including Financial Director, developing turnaround strategies and sustainable recovery plans.
As CFO of ILG, Simon is responsible for all the group’s financial functions, operational and financial strategies, assessment of organic and acquisition expansion opportunities, governance and risk management.
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Stuart Middlemiss
Chief Commercial Officer
View BioStuart started his retail career on the shop floor, quickly advancing to management roles. He has worked mainly in the sport/lifestyle and fashion sectors and held executive positions at JJB, Sports Direct, Newcastle United and Sunderland FC. He joined American Golf in 2018.
His principal passion is for the commercial side of retail, including buying and merchandising, ecommerce, trading, wholesale and licencing. Stuart has extensive experience developing brands from concept to market leadership and for transforming customer insights into action.
Stuart’s current responsibilities are to drive commercial growth across the International Leisure Group, particularly its own brand portfolio including Golfino, Stromberg, Benross and Rife.
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Scott Taylor
Director of CRM & Data Analytics
View BioScott has been leading and innovating customer-centric strategies in the fashion industry for 17 years. Starting at Uniqlo, he then worked at Arcadia Group, OFFICE and Ted Baker. In 2016 he became Selfridges’ Head of CRM and Loyalty, handling numerous transformation projects as well as the transition to GDPR.
After working as Customer Director for luxury brand Lane Crawford, leading strategic initiatives in Hong Kong and mainland China, Scott joined American Golf in 2021, overseeing all aspects of the customer journey to drive satisfaction and retention. His next challenge is using his mastery of Big Data, analytic skill and creativity to develop our forthcoming CRM and loyalty programme.
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Simon Owers
Chief Financial Officer
Chartered accountant Simon joined ILG in 2018, after 10 years with KPMG and 10 more as a consultant. He describes the years since then as “transformational for the company”. A struggling retailer has become a multi-channel, multi-brand international group, driven forward by strong values.
Stuart Middlemiss
Chief Commercial Officer
With 25 plus years in the sports trade, Stuart started “helping out” at American Golf and found “a very broken business”. Explaining the ILG transformation, he says “we’re very consumer focused now, our partners can trust what we say”. He’s a firm believer that bricks and mortar retail has a bright future, but it depends on offering irresistible experiences.
Scott Taylor
Director of CRM & Data Analytics
With expertise in customer service, CRM, loyalty, data and transformation projects, Scott is a natural fit with ILG’s vision. He was especially attracted by the focus on diversity—across the team and with customers. His role is to understand what customers expect and help to create “an environment where you can explore the brand, experience it.”