Dame Heather Rabbatts joined the Board on 22 January 2024 and is the Board’s Non-Executive Chair. Dame Heather has extensive experience as a board member having held a number of executive and non-executive roles including in local government, infrastructure, media and sports. She has previously been a Non-Executive Director of Kier Group plc and Grosvenor Britain & Ireland. She was the first woman on the Board of the Football Association in over 150 years.
External Appointments include: Senior Independent Director and member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees of Associated British Foods plc, Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees of Bloomsbury Publishing plc (effective 14 April 2025), Chair of Soho Theatre, Chair of UK Time’s UP, Founder and Director of The Women’s Sports Group Limited.
Heather is a member of the Audit & Risk Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee.
Zaid joined the Board on 16 May 2024. He brings an extensive track record of advertising and marketing leadership, managing global teams and brand-building expertise. Most recently, he was Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Channel 4. Previously he was CMO Channel 4 from 2019, Chief Brand & Marketing Officer of BT plc, where he led the BT, EE, Plusnet & Openreach brands. He also spent 20 years at Procter & Gamble, in marketing and commercial roles, including as Managing Director of the Health & Beauty division for the UK & Ireland.
Simon joined the Board on 1 July 2024. He is an experienced CFO, having held several executive and senior management roles across a range of UK listed companies. His former positions include CFO of Reach plc and McColl’s Retail Group plc. He has also held senior managerial roles in the finance functions of Tesco plc, BT Group plc and COLT Telecom plc. He qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2001.
Georgina joined the Board on 1 October 2024 and is chair of our Remuneration Committee and Senior Independent Director. Georgina brings significant experience leading transformational change in highly competitive consumer markets. From 2005 to 2012, she served as Managing Director of Regionals and a member of the Executive Committee at Trinity Mirror plc. Georgina has a strong track record on public company boards. Her Non Executive Director experience includes chairing the Remuneration Committees of Britvic plc, Superdry plc, McColl's Retail Group plc, Big Yellow Group plc, and William Hill.
External Appointments include: Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Nomination, and Responsible Business Committees at Capita plc.
Georgina is a member of the Audit & Risk Committee, Nomination Committee and Chair of the Remuneration Committee (as of 1 January 2025)
Colin Jones joined the Board on 3 February 2020 and is now our Audit Committee Chair. Colin has had a highly successful executive career in the technology, media and telecommunications sector and is an experienced FTSE-250 Chief Financial Officer. Colin served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc until 2018. Prior to this, Colin was a Director at PwC, working across strategy, remuneration, financing, technology and M&A in the UK and Europe. Colin is a chartered accountant.
External Appointments include: Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee of STV Group plc, Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Gateley (Holdings) Plc, Non-Executive Director of Datatec Limited (JSE listed), Governor and Trustee of London’s City Literary Institute and Chair of its Financial and Commercial Committee.
Colin is the Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee (Chair), and a member of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee.
Chris joined the Board on 15 June 2023. Chris is a chartered accountant who began his career with KPMG before spending nine years in various finance roles with PepsiCo Inc., lastly as Chief Financial Officer of its Central Europe Beverages division. In 1989, he joined WPP plc's central team, where he played a key role in the company's growth through acquisitions and oversaw operations and investor relations. He retired as WPP's Deputy Group Finance Director in 2016, having represented the company on numerous boards in the UK and internationally.
Chris serves as a representative of AdvancedAdvT Limited and Vin Murria who hold in aggregate 26,437,452 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 21.6% of the Company’s issued share capital (excluding treasury shares). Chris is entitled to remain on the Board provided AdvancedAdvT Limited and Vin Murria retain an aggregate interest of at least 11.5% of the Company’s issued share capital.
External Appointments include Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit, Risk and AIM Rules and Compliance Committee at TPX Holdings plc.
Chris is a member of the Remuneration Committee.