Board of Directors

  • David Chance

    Chairman of the Board

    American and British

    Born 1957. Chairman of the Board of Directors since May 2003, and a member of the Board since 1998. David was Deputy Managing Director of the BSkyB Group between 1993 and 1998, and is now Chairman of Top Up TV. He has also served as a Non-Executive Director of ITV plc and O2 plc. David graduated with a BA, BSc and MBA from the University of North Carolina.

    Member of the Remuneration Committee.

    Direct or related person ownership: registered shareholding

    Independent of the Company and management and independent of the major shareholders.

  • Mia Brunell Livfors

    Non-Executive Director

    Swedish

    Born 1965. Member of the Board of Directors since 2007. Mia has been Chief Executive Officer of Investment AB Kinnevik since 2006. Mia previously worked for MTG in various managerial positions from 1992. She was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Modern Times Group MTG AB in 2001.Mia has been Chairman of the Board of Metro International S.A. since 2008, and a member of the Board since 2006. She also serves as a Non-Executive Director of Millicom International Cellular S.A., Tele2 AB, BillerudKorsnas AB and CDON Group AB, and has been a member of the Board of H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB since 2008. Mia studied Business Administration at Stockholm University.

    Member of the Remuneration Committee.

    Direct or related person ownership: registered shareholding

    Independent of the Company and management but not independent of the major shareholders.

  • Blake Chandlee

    Non-Executive Director

    American

    Born in 1966. Member of the Board of Directors since 2012. Blake is Vice President of Global Agency Relations and Global Business Accounts at Facebook, where he has worked since 2007 and managed the expansion of Facebook’s international footprint with the establishment of operations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region. Blake previously worked at Yahoo for five years, including as Vice President and Commercial Director of the UK business. Blake graduated with a bachelor’s degree in management from Gettysburg College in the United States.

    Direct or related person ownership: registered shareholding

    Independent of the Company and management and independent of the major shareholders.

  • Simon Duffy

    Non-Executive Director

    British

    Born 1949. Member of the Board of Directors since 2008. Simon was Executive Chairman of Tradus plc until the company’s sale in March 2008. Simon is Non-Executive Chairman of bwin.party digital entertainment plc and mBlox Inc., as well as a Non-Executive Director of Oger Telecom Limited. Simon was also Executive Vice-Chairman of ntl:Telewest until 2007, having joined ntl in 2003 as CEO. Simon has also served as CFO of Orange SA, CEO of wireless data specialist End2End AS, CEO and Deputy Chairman of WorldOnline International BV, and held senior positions at EMI Group plc and Guinness plc. Simon holds a Master’s degree from Oxford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

    Chairman of the Audit Committee.

    Direct or related person ownership: registered shareholding

    Independent of the Company and management and independent of the major shareholders.

  • Lorenzo Grabau

    Non-Executive Director

    Italian

    Born in 1965. Member of the Board of Directors since 2011. He has served as Non-Executive Director of SoftKinetic BV and Rouge Partners Sarl since 2011. Lorenzo was a Partner and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, International in London until 2011. Lorenzo joined the Investment Banking division of Goldman Sachs in 1994 and during his 17 years at the firm held various leadership positions within the Consumer/Retail and Media/Online industry practices, and the Financial Sponsors group. Lorenzo began his career in Investment Banking in 1990 when he joined Merrill Lynch, where he remained for five years working in the Mergers & Acquisitions department in London and New York. Lorenzo is co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of CTC Media, Inc, and is also a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of Investment AB Kinnevik. Lorenzo is a graduate from Universita degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza, Italy.

    Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit Committee.

    Direct or related person ownership: registered shareholding

    Independent of the Company and management but not independent of the major shareholders.

  • Alexander Izosimov

    Non-Executive Director

    Russian

    Born 1964. Member of the Board of Directors since 2008. Alexander served as Chief Executive Officer of the VimpelCom Group and, latterly, the enlarged VimpelCom Ltd, which is one of the world’s largest emerging market telecommunications companies, between 2003 and 2011. Alexander is a Director of East Capital AB, EVRAZ Group S.A., Transcom Worldwide S.A., Dynasty Foundation and LM Ericsson AB. Alexander previously held several senior management positions at Mars, Inc. over a period of seven years, including as a member of the Global Executive Management Board and as Regional President for Russia, the CIS, Eastern Europe and the Nordics. Alexander worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Co in Stockholm and London for five years. Alexander graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute with a Master’s degree in Science and from INSEAD with an MBA.

    Member of the Audit Committee.

    Direct or related person ownership: registered shareholding

    Independent of the Company and management and independent of the major shareholders.

  • Michelle Guthrie

    Non-Executive Director

    Australian

    Born 1965. Member of the Board of Directors since 2013. Michelle Guthrie joined Google in Singapore in 2011 and is currently Managing Director, Partner Business Solutions for Japan and Asia Pacific, with responsibility for managing Google’s partner monetisation activities across the region. Michelle was Managing Director in the Hong Kong office of global private equity firm Providence Equity between 2007 and 2009, and was a Senior Advisor to Providence Equity between 2009 and 2010. Michelle was the Chief Executive Officer of STAR Group Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of News Corporation), Asia’s leading media and entertainment company, between 2004 and 2007, and has also worked in legal and business development roles for FOXTEL in Sydney and News International / BSkyB in London. Michelle has previously served on the Boards of a number of companies including NASDAQ-listed VeriSign, Inc. and various STAR joint venture companies including Balaji, ESPN STAR Sports, Hathway, China Network Systems, ANTV and Tata Sky. Michelle graduated from Sydney University in Australia.

    Member of the Audit Committee.

    Direct or related person ownership: registered shareholding

    Independent of the Company and management and independent of the major shareholders.

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