MANAGEMENT BOARD

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.

Bobby Hain is Managing Director of Broadcast at STV Group plc, responsible for TV operations to deliver the Channel 3 licence service that includes the network schedule shared with ITV and regional programmes, primarily news and current affairs.

Bobby has over forty years of media experience across radio, television and digital. He is a trustee of the STV Children’s Appeal, chair of the trustees of STV’s two DB pension schemes and has fulfilled a number of board commitments in the creative sector including Scottish Youth Theatre, Creative Skillset and RTS Scotland.

Richard continues to lead the development of STV Player’s product suite and its expansion onto new platforms, whilst also delivering a compelling editorial portfolio of content from the Channel 3 network as well as thousands of hours of STV Player-exclusive content from across the UK and around the world. The streaming service is now pre-installed in three quarters of the UK’s connected TV homes and is available on every major platform, including Sky, Virgin Media, Amazon FireTV, Freeview Play and Samsung.

The introduction of STV Player+ as well as a number of new projects in development seeks to diversify STV's digital revenues and find new growth beyond digital advertising.

Richard has extensive digital broadcast experience and was formerly General Manager of UKTV Play. Prior to this, Richard held high-profile digital roles at Virgin Media, Yahoo and ITV having previously spent over 10 years at the BBC.

David joined STV in November 2018 to provide creative and business leadership for STV Studios.  His tenure has seen impressive growth with STV Studios winning significant commissions in both domestic and international markets. STV Studios won orders for over 50 new series in the last year alone, and now has 30+ returning series for broadcasters and streamers around the world.  David has also overseen STV Studios’ investment and acquisition strategy, with the group now encompassing 20+ in-house labels and associated production companies.

Recent creative highlights have included the critically acclaimed drama Criminal Record for Apple TV+, The Fortune Hotel for ITV, Bridge of Lies for BBC One in the UK and a further 15 territories including the US and Spain and the breakout BBC drama hit Blue Lights.  The success of STV Studios was recognised when it was named Production Group of the Year at the Edinburgh TV Awards in August 2023.

A multi-award winning producer, David was responsible for creating and producing major hit shows including Dragons’ Den, and Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends. David joined from Tinopolis where he headed up the group’s scripted and unscripted strategy. Prior to this, David ran NBC Universal’s International Unscripted Group, growing the business from just 12 hours a year when he joined to more than 150 hours of output, with a value of $80 million. David had a fifteen year career at the BBC, as both a network commissioner and producer, and established his own successful independent production company, Fever Media.

Peter joined STV in September 2010 as Commercial Director. Peter has extensive broadcast experience, including 18 years working for ITV in commercial roles based in London and Leeds. Led by Peter, STV’s commercial division offers an innovative, multi-platform approach to advertising solutions, serviced from STV’s Scottish and London offices.

The Commercial team has achieved significant growth by developing strong relationships with advertisers: reaching out to the business community in Scotland and to nationally-based advertisers seeking to speak directly to Scottish consumers. Peter has led the development and integration of STV’s extensive digital offering into the commercial portfolio, driving significant growth in the process, and established an in-house award-winning commercial production team, STV Creative.

George is a business analyst and qualified accountant (CIMA) with extensive experience in consumer facing sectors of travel and leisure and media.

George joined STV in 1999. Prior to his assuming the role of Director of Operations and Delivery, he held the position of Group Financial Controller and Treasurer.

In his role as Director of Operations and Delivery, George is responsible for working across all areas of the business to deliver both the growth strategy and STV’s aim to be carbon net zero by 2030. He also manages the Group's property and facilities portfolio.

Suzanne has extensive experience in generalist HR, organisation development and strategic communications roles. This experience has been acquired across a range of industry sectors including technology and utilities; FMCG manufacturing and media supporting corporate restructuring and organisational change programmes.

Prior to joining STV, Suzanne held an HR position with Allied Domecq plc and prior to that participated in a VC-backed MBO of the former technology and engineering business of Scottish Power, which was developed and grown for sale to a telecoms company.