BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Appointed to the board in February 2021, Paul has over 30 years international public-company experience as a chairman, non-executive director and senior executive, including tenures as Chief Executive of BT Wholesale and Executive Director of BT Group plc and Chief Executive of Telecom New Zealand Ltd.

He is currently Chairman at Computershare (Australia) Ltd in Melbourne.  He has held previous roles as Chairman of data analytics fintech, 9 Spokes Ltd and as Non-Executive Director at Eircom Ireland Limited, XConnect Global Networks Ltd, Japan-based telecommunications company, eAccess Ltd and TalkTalk (Holdings) Ltd, the holding company of TalkTalk Telecom Group. Paul is Chairman of the STV Children’s Appeal.

Appointed to the Board in November 2024, Rufus has extensive strategic and operational experience gained in senior roles in the media sector.

Previously, Rufus was on ITV’s Executive Committee as Managing Director of Streaming, Interactive and Data, and played a key role in the acceleration of ITV’s digital transformation. He was responsible for the strategic development and successful launch of ITVX and led the interactive business and the group-wide data strategy.

During a 13-year career with ITV, as Chief Marketing Officer Rufus ran all Direct-to-Consumer activities and led the brand transformation of ITV, as well as the marketing launch of BritBox. He also served as Group Marketing and Research Director.

Prior to that, Rufus spent nine years at Channel 4 rising to the position of Controller of Marketing, during which time the business launched E4 and the channels’ first streaming service, 4OD.

Rufus is Chairman of the London Wildlife Trust and a mentor and speaker at Speaker for Schools. He has previously served as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Freeview.

Appointed to the Board as CFO in May 2019 with her role expanded to include that of COO from April 2024, Lindsay is a Chartered Accountant with extensive commercial experience gained across a range of sectors covering the FTSE 100, 250 and large private companies. Previously, Lindsay held the role of Group Financial Controller at William Grant & Sons Limited and prior to that was Group Financial Controller of The Weir Group plc. In addition to her core financial responsibilities, she has wide ranging M&A, financing, investor relations and international experience. Lindsay qualified with Deloitte in 2002.

Appointed to the Board in December 2016, Simon is an experienced non-executive director and chairman with exposure to a wide range of financial, commercial and manufacturing businesses.  Simon is Chairman of Hampden & Co, private bankers, and Bankers Investment Trust.  Simon was formerly Chairman of Blackrock Sustainable American Income Trust and Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC and a Non-Executive Director of Scottish Friendly Assurance Limited.  Simon read Law at Cambridge and is a Barrister at Law.

Appointed to the Board in May 2018, David has worked in the broadcasting Industry for over 30 years at ITV, the BBC, Sky, TV-am and Channel Five.

He started his career in several ITV regional audience research teams (including Grampian Television), before moving into marketing and programme acquisition roles and then embarking on a succession of senior scheduling positions.

David was Director of Programme Strategy at ITV for 20 years from 1997 to 2017 and retains extensive contacts at senior levels in the broadcast and programme production sectors In the UK and USA.

Appointed to the Board in February 2021, Aki has built a successful executive career across the advertising, marketing and digital media sectors and is General Manager, International of the sports media company, The Athletic, which was successfully acquired by The New York Times in 2022.

Prior to joining The Athletic in early 2020 to establish the soccer arm of the business, she was Chief Operating Officer of Telegraph Media Group, responsible for delivery of the strategy to transform the business from a traditional publisher model into a successful, sustainable subscription-based business.  Aki was UK Managing Director of Omnicom Group Agency, OMD from 2015 until 2017 and prior to this held executive roles within MediaCom over a period of nine years.

Appointed to the Board in May 2023, Naomi has had a successful career in broadcast, media, engineering and technology, which includes a period as President of Sony’s Media Cloud Services, based in California. Prior to this, Naomi was Vice President of Sony’s European Professional Services division, covering diverse markets including media, broadcast, cinema, sports, security and healthcare. 

Her career began at the BBC, where she trained as an engineer and later became Controller of Technology at BBC News. Before joining Sony in 2002, Naomi was Director of Technical Operations at ITV Digital. She has been featured in a number of prominent lists, including the Women’s Engineering Society’s Top 50 Influential Women in UK Engineering in 2016, and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the engineering profession in the 2018 Birthday Honours List.

Appointed to the Board in September 2024, Colin Jones has had a highly successful executive career in the technology, media and telecommunications sector and is an experienced FTSE-250 CFO.

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.

Since 2018, Colin has pursued a non-executive career. He is currently a Non-Executive Director at global communications agency M&C Saatchi Plc; professional services firm, Gateley (Holdings) Plc; and international ICT company Datatec Limited. In July 2024, Centaur Media Plc announced that Colin will shortly step down from the role of Chair, having served on the Board since 2018.

Colin is also a Governor and Trustee of adult education college, The City Literary Institute, a registered charity.