Dilys Maltby – Executive Chair

Dilys is Chair and Circus co-founder. As a practitioner, she works with Founders and Families, Boards and Investors across sectors and markets. She is also a Non-Executive Director for Responsible Travel and The White Company.

Prior to Circus, Dilys was General Manager, Brand and Marketing, for The Body Shop International. Working for the late Anita Roddick and Gordon Roddick, Dilys had responsibility for the brand and marketing worldwide. Dilys started her career in advertising and then moved to client-side roles at Bonhams and Habitat – here she worked for Terence Conran: a short but memorable experience sparking her enjoyment of all things brand, retail and design. Dilys then moved to Fitch working for Rodney and to Imagination, for Gary Withers.

Dilys has two children, one dog and her husband, Nick Maland, is an award winning children’s book illustrator.