Our Board

Graham Clemett joined the Board as Finance Director in July 2007 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2020. Previously he was Finance Director for UK Corporate Banking at RBS Group PLC where he worked for a period of five years. Prior to that, Graham spent eight years at Reuters Group PLC, latterly as Group Financial Controller.

Current external appointments:
Graham is a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for The Restaurant Group Plc.

Dave Benson joined the Group in April 2020 as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously Corporate Finance Director at Whitbread PLC. Prior to that, he held senior finance roles at Kier Group PLC and Keller Group PLC, having qualified as a chartered accountant at Deloitte.

Suzi Williams was appointed to the Board in January 2020. She was previously Chief Brand & Marketing Officer at BT plc, and prior to that held senior strategy, commercial and marketing roles at Orange, The BBC, Capital Radio, KPMG, and Procter & Gamble Europe.
 
Committee Memberships:
A member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

Current external appointments:
A Non-Executive director at The AA plc. On 5 February 2020, she joined the board of Zegona Communications plc as an independent Non-Executive director and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Suzi was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Telecom Plus PLC with effect from 23 July 2020.

Background and relevant experience
Lesley-Ann joined the Board in January 2021. She was previously a Director in the Cabinet Office of HM Government and a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, as well as having formerly worked at UBS and Midland Bank.

Committee Memberships:
A member of the Audit, Nominations and Risk Committees.

Current external appointments:
Lesley-Ann is currently a Non-Executive Director of St James’s Place PLC and a Trustee of the North London Hospice. 

Chris Girling, a Chartered Accountant, was appointed to the Board in February 2013. He was previously Group Finance Director of Carillion PLC.

Committee Memberships:
Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees.

Current external appointments:
Chris is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Keller PLC and South East Water Limited and Chair of Trustees for the Slaughter and May Pension Fund.

Background and relevant experience
Rosie Shapland, a Chartered Accountant, was appointed to the Board in November 2020. She was previously an audit partner at PwC.

Committee Memberships:
A member of the Audit, Nominations and Risk Committees.

Current external appointments:
Rosie is currently a Non-Executive Director of Foxtons Group PLC and PayPoint PLC.

Maria Moloney was appointed to the Board in May 2012. She was previously on the Board of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners, the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Transport Holdings, Independent Television Commission, London and Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

Committee memberships: 
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, member of the Audit and Nominations Committees.

Current external appointments: 
Maria, a lawyer, is currently on the Board and a Trustee of the N. Ireland Cancer Centre in Belfast.

Damon was appointed to the Board in May 2013. Damon is currently Chairman of New Telecom Express Group, an interactive media service provider, and has more than 20 years’ experience in the industry. He co-founded the company in 1989. Telecom Express was sold to AMV BBDO, part of the Omnicom Group, in 1998. In 2004, Damon led a successful management buyout.

Committee memberships: 
A member of the Remuneration, Audit and Nominations Committees.

Current external appointments:
Damon holds advisory roles for a number of smaller companies in the digital media sector.