Executive Committee: Reach plc

Manager
Positions heldSince
Piers North

Piers North

Chief Executive Officer 2025-03-30
Darren Fisher

Darren Fisher

59 year

Director of Finance/CFO 2022-12-30
Jo Britten

Jo Britten

Investor Relations Contact 2023-08-31

Composition of the Board of Directors: Reach plc

Director
CommitteesSince
Nick Prettejohn

Nick Prettejohn

64 year

Nominating Committee Chair
Denise Jagger

Denise Jagger

66 year

Audit Committee 2024-01-31
Compensation Committee 2024-01-31
Nominating Committee 2024-01-31
Governance Committee 2024-01-31
Wais Shaifta

Wais Shaifta

Audit Committee 2022-08-31
Nominating Committee 2022-08-31
Compensation Committee Chair 2023-12-30
Compensation Committee 2022-08-31
Priya Guha

Priya Guha

Audit Committee 2023-12-12
Compensation Committee 2022-08-31
Nominating Committee 2023-12-12
Barry Panayi

Barry Panayi

Audit Committee 2021-10-12
Nominating Committee 2021-10-12
Compensation Committee Chair 2025-04-30
Anne Bulford

Anne Bulford

66 year

Compensation Committee 2019-06-17
Nominating Committee 2019-06-17
Audit Committee Chair 2019-06-17
Olivia Streatfeild

Olivia Streatfeild

Audit Committee 2016-01-14
Compensation Committee 2025-04-30
Nominating Committee 2016-01-14
Darren Fisher

Darren Fisher

59 year

Director/Board Member 2023-01-31

Former Officers and Directors: Reach plc

Insider
Positions held
SinceUntil
Jim Mullen
Jim Mullen
Director/Board Member 2020-05-06 2025-03-30
Chief Executive Officer 2019-08-15 2025-03-30
Lorraine Rachel Sztyk Clover
Lorraine Rachel Sztyk Clover
Corporate Secretary 2020-02-23 2024-02-11
Steve Hatch
Steve Hatch
Director/Board Member 2015-11-30 2023-05-02
Independent Dir/Board Member 2015-11-30 2023-05-02
David Kelly
David Kelly
Director/Board Member 2014-11-30 2022-12-30
Independent Dir/Board Member 2014-11-30 2022-12-30
Simon Fuller
Simon Fuller
Director/Board Member 2019-05-01 2022-12-30
Director of Finance/CFO 2019-02-28 2022-12-30
Corporate Secretary 2019-02-28 2020-02-23
Helen Stevenson
Helen Stevenson
Director/Board Member 2013-12-31 2022-12-30
Independent Dir/Board Member 2013-12-31 2022-12-30
Kate Davis
Kate Davis
Public Communications Contact - 2022-08-31
Philip Machray
Philip Machray
Corporate Officer/Principal - 2021-01-31
Lee Ginsberg
Lee Ginsberg
Director/Board Member 2013-12-31 2020-05-06
Independent Dir/Board Member 2013-12-31 2020-05-06
Simon Richard Fox
Simon Richard Fox
Director/Board Member 2012-09-09 2019-08-15
Chief Executive Officer 2012-09-09 2019-08-15
Vijay Vaghela
Vijay Vaghela
Director/Board Member 2010-09-02 2019-02-28
Chief Executive Officer 2012-06-14 2012-09-09
Director of Finance/CFO 2003-04-30 2019-02-28
President 2003-04-30 2012-09-09
Corporate Secretary 2016-01-20 2019-02-28
Zoe Harris
Zoe Harris
Sales & Marketing 2012-12-31 2018-08-31
David John Grigson
David John Grigson
Chairman 2012-05-28 2018-05-02
Independent Dir/Board Member 2011-12-31 2018-05-02
James David Wildman
James David Wildman
Corporate Officer/Principal - 2017-01-12
Steve Anderson-Dixon
Steve Anderson-Dixon
Corporate Officer/Principal - 2016-11-30
Will Handley
Will Handley
Corporate Officer/Principal 2014-08-31 2016-10-31
Jeremy Rhodes
Jeremy Rhodes
Corporate Secretary 2015-01-25 2016-01-20
Jane Lighting
Jane Lighting
Director/Board Member 2008-01-01 2015-12-26
Independent Dir/Board Member 2007-12-31 2015-12-26
Donal Smith
Donal Smith
Director/Board Member 2012-02-29 2015-05-06
Independent Dir/Board Member 2012-02-29 2015-05-06
Paul Vickers
Paul Vickers
Director/Board Member 2010-09-02 2014-11-17
General Counsel 1999-08-31 2014-11-17
Corporate Secretary 1999-08-31 2014-11-17
Mark Hollinshead
Mark Hollinshead
Director/Board Member 2012-10-14 2014-08-10
Chief Operating Officer 2012-10-14 2014-08-10
Corporate Officer/Principal 2008-08-31 2012-10-14
Gary Hoffman
Gary Hoffman
Director/Board Member 2005-02-28 2014-03-12
Independent Dir/Board Member 2005-02-28 2014-03-12
Kathleen O'Donovan
Kathleen O'Donovan
Director/Board Member 2007-04-30 2013-05-15
Independent Dir/Board Member 2007-04-30 2013-05-15
Neil Jagger
Neil Jagger
Sales & Marketing 2012-12-31 -
Sly Bailey
Sly Bailey
Director/Board Member 2003-02-02 2012-06-14
Chief Executive Officer 2003-02-02 2012-06-14
Ian Gibson
Ian Gibson
Chairman 2006-04-30 2012-05-27
Laura Wade-Gery
Laura Wade-Gery
Director/Board Member 2006-07-31 2012-05-09
Independent Dir/Board Member 2006-07-31 2012-05-09
Georgina Harvey
Georgina Harvey
Corporate Officer/Principal 2005-01-31 2012-04-17
Peter Gibbs Birch
Peter Gibbs Birch
Director/Board Member 1998-02-28 2007-05-09
Angus Mcfarlane Mcleod Grossart
Angus Mcfarlane Mcleod Grossart
Director/Board Member 1997-12-31 2007-05-09
David Ross
David Ross
Director/Board Member 2004-01-31 2007-05-09
David E. Marlow
David E. Marlow
Director/Board Member 1991-12-31 2005-05-04
Rupert Middleton
Rupert Middleton
Corporate Officer/Principal 2004-02-29 -
Charles Philip Graf
Charles Philip Graf
Chief Executive Officer 1999-08-31 2003-02-02
President 1999-08-31 2003-02-02
Margaret Ewing
Margaret Ewing
Director of Finance/CFO 1999-12-31 2001-12-31
Nick Fullagar
Nick Fullagar
Director/Board Member 2009-09-08 2010-09-08
Public Communications Contact 2001-12-31 -
Tony Pusey
Tony Pusey
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 2005-11-30 -
Victor Blank
Victor Blank
Chairman 1998-06-30 -
John Richard Pilger
John Richard Pilger
Corporate Officer/Principal 1962-12-31 1985-12-30
Hywel Williams
Hywel Williams
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Simon Haynes
Simon Haynes
Public Communications Contact - -
Simon Edgley
Simon Edgley
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Penny Hughes
Penny Hughes
Director/Board Member - -
Alan Edmunds
Alan Edmunds
Chief Operating Officer - -
Philip Brown
Philip Brown
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Graham Morgan
Graham Morgan
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Uday Phadke
Uday Phadke
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
John Brewis
John Brewis
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Andy Atkinson
Andy Atkinson
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Chrissie Walton
Chrissie Walton
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Keith Malone
Keith Malone
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Humphrey Cobbold
Humphrey Cobbold
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Neil Anthony Elton
Neil Anthony Elton
Director of Finance/CFO - -
Harry Carter
Harry Carter
Investor Relations Contact - -
Elizabeth Holloway
Elizabeth Holloway
Public Communications Contact - -
Rupert Howell
Rupert Howell
Director/Board Member - -
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Rich Ellis
Rich Ellis
Public Communications Contact 2009-09-08 -
Andrew Pinto
Andrew Pinto
Treasurer - -
Rupert Smith
Rupert Smith
Public Communications Contact - -
Julian Phillips
Julian Phillips
Corporate Officer/Principal - -

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male5
Female5

Of which Executive Committee

Male2
Female1

Of which Directors

Male4
Female4

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Reach plc is a United Kingdom-based commercial news publisher. The Company is focused on providing content that attracts the audience of any commercial news publisher in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. The Company is engaged in delivering the latest news, entertainment and sport to communities throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland and around the world. It has over 120 national and regional brands, across both print and online. The Company’s brands include Mirror, Express, Daily Record and Daily Star, to local brands like MyLondon, BelfastLive and the Manchester Evening News, Liverpool Echo, Irish Star, OK! magazine, WalesOnline, MyLondon and Curiously. It covers a range of sports, from the English Premier League to Scottish football, to Welsh Rugby, Formula 1 and its coverage of the Cheltenham Festival. The Company has approximately 129 brands, including Websites and print products; 33 books published from Mirror Books, and 160 active podcasts.
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Departures of Key Persons

Victor Blank
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Victor Blank

Chairman

1998-06-30 -

Charles Philip Graf
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Charles Philip Graf

Chief Executive Officer

1999-08-31 2003-02-02

Ian Gibson
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Ian Gibson

Chairman

2006-04-30 2012-05-27

Sly Bailey
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Sly Bailey

Chief Executive Officer

2003-02-02 2012-06-14

David John Grigson
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David John Grigson

Chairman

2012-05-28 2018-05-02

Vijay Vaghela
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Vijay Vaghela

Chief Executive Officer

2012-06-14 2012-09-09

Simon Richard Fox
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Simon Richard Fox

Chief Executive Officer

2012-09-09 2019-08-15

Jim Mullen
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Jim Mullen

Chief Executive Officer

2019-08-15 2025-03-30