Board of Directors

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David Chance David Chance
Chairman of the Board
Mia Brunell Livfors Mia Brunell Livfors
Non-Executive Director
Blake Chandlee Blake Chandlee
Non-Executive Director
Simon Duffy Simon Duffy
Non-Executive Director
Lorenzo Grabau Lorenzo Grabau
Non-Executive Director
Alexander Izosimov Alexander Izosimov
Non-Executive Director
Michael Lynton Michael Lynton
Non-Executive Director
Cristina Stenbeck Cristina Stenbeck
Non-Executive Director
  • 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 Directors of Metro International S.A. since 2008. She also serves as a Non-Executive Director of Millicom International Cellular S.A., Tele2 AB, Transcom Worldwide S.A., Korsnäs 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, Cell C (Pty) Limited 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. Lorenzo is a former Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, which he joined in 1994 after five years with Merrill Lynch. Lorenzo held a number of leadership positions within the Goldman Sachs Investment Banking division, including Head of Media and Head of Consumer Retail. 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 and 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. and Dynasty Foundation. 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.

  • Michael Lynton

    Non-Executive Director

    American and British

    Born 1960. Member of the Board of Directors since 2009. Michael became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment in January 2004. Prior to joining Sony Pictures, Michael worked for Time Warner and served as CEO of AOL Europe, President of AOL International, and President of Time Warner International. He was Chairman and CEO of Pearson plc’s Penguin Group from 1996 to 2000. Michael joined The Walt Disney Company in 1987 and was responsible for establishing Disney Publishing, and served as President of Disney’s Hollywood Pictures division from 1992 to 1996. Michael is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School.

    Member of the Audit Committee.

    Direct or related person ownership: registered shareholding

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

  • Cristina Stenbeck

    Non-Executive Director

    American and Swedish

    Born 1977. Member of the Board of Directors since 2003. Cristina has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Investment AB Kinnevik since 2007 and has served as a Non-Executive Director of Metro International S.A. and Tele2 AB since 2003. Cristina graduated with a BSc from Georgetown University in Washington DC.

    Direct or related person ownership: registered shareholding

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

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