Board of Directors
Non Executive Director
MICHAEL KAY, CHAIRMAN
Michael Kay joined the City Chic Collective Limited Board on 1 October 2018 as an independent non-executive director and was subsequently appointed Chairman on 9 November 2018. Mr. Kay has significant listed company experience including as non-executive director and Chairman of Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) (formerly IMF Betham Limited) (ASX: IMF) and Lovisa Holdings Limited (ASX:LOV).
Mr Kay is a non-executive director of Guild Group Holdings Limited and non- executive director and Chairman of Guild Insurance Limited and Meridian Lawyers. A qualified lawyer, Mr. Kay also brings a broad range of commercial experience to the Board. Mr. Kay was Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of McMillan Shakespeare Limited (ASX: MMS) for six years and previously held a number of senior executive roles at AAMI including Chief Executive Officer. He also spent 12 years in private legal practice specialising in commercial law.
Managing Director
PHIL RYAN, CEO
Phil Ryan is the original Brand Director of City Chic. In 2006, Mr. Ryan led a team of six people that created the City Chic brand. He is responsible for the strategic direction and operational leadership that has seen CCX take a market leading position in the global plus size industry. Under Mr. Ryan's leadership, CCX now has more than 86 stores in Australia and New Zealand with online sales representing more than 73% of total sales globally. Mr. Ryan has driven successful partnerships with Nordstrom, Macy's, Target and Amazon in the USA.
Mr. Ryan is a global authority in the plus size consumer. He has over 25 years’ experience in senior and strategic retail apparel management. Mr. Ryan's family had a fashion manufacturing, wholesale and retail business called Ambition in the 1980’s and 1990’s and from this he knows all areas of a rag trade business; from the cutting table to the retail shop floor.
Non Executive Director
NATALIE MCLEAN
Natalie McLean joined the City Chic Collective Limited Board on 5 August 2021 as an independent, non-executive director.
Mrs. McLean has over 30 years of retail experience having worked in senior positions domestically in Australia and internationally with companies including Giordano, Rip Curl and the Cotton On Group.
Mrs McLean has extensive experience across operations, product, marketing and commercial areas of the retail sector including partnership strategies and geographic growth. Mrs. McLean is currently a director of the Cotton On Group and the Cotton On Foundation and also the Chief Executive Officer of emerging brands at the Cotton On Group.
Non Executive Director
NEIL THOMPSON
Neil Thompson joined the City Chic Collective Limited Board on 5 August 2021 as an independent, non-executive director. Mr. Thompson has over thirty years of financial, operational and strategic experience from a broad range of roles and industries with global reach, including freight and logistics, industrial products and software sectors.
On 21 July 2026, Mr Thompson was appointed Acting Chief Financial Officer of Beamtree Holdings Limited (ASX:BMT) a global AI health technology company. In February 2026, Mr Thompson also re-joined Potentia Capital as a Finance Operating Partner. Mr Thompson had previously held this role up to January 2024 before taking up the role of Chief Financial Officer at Education Horizons, a leading provider of education software, to facilitate the sale of that business. This sale was successfully completed in June 2025. Mr Thompson was previously the Chief Financial Officer of Ascender HCM (a payroll software and services company). He is a director of the Australian World Orchestra.