Appointed: 1 Jun 2022
Committee: Remuneration, Nominations
Key skills and experience: Andrew is an experienced chair who has spent his career in a range of consumer facing sectors. His early career was with Unilever in a variety of branding and marketing roles. He then spent 14 years at Cadbury Schweppes in senior international roles before becoming Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). Andrew was at IHG for six years, creating value by leveraging the power of its brands alongside executing a programme of significant transformational and cultural change. He served as CEO for Fitness First, where he was instrumental in successfully repositioning the business and brand. Andrew served as a non-executive director of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) from 2012, where he was appointed chairman from 2016 until 2021. He received a CBE for services to the RFU in the 2022 New Year’s Honours List. Andrew also served as Chair of Kingfisher plc from 2017 until 2024.
Current external appointments: n/a
Appointed: 8 Jan 2018
Key skills and experience: Carolyn has an impressive track record in media and experience of leading digital transformational change both in an international and regulated environment. She has clear strategic acumen and a strong record of driving operational excellence and delivering value to shareholders. Carolyn created the More Than TV strategy when she joined in 2018. Carolyn has been instrumental in accelerating the strategy into Phase Two, having successfully executed Phase One. She continues to execute the strategy effectively through her strong leadership of the Company ensuring ITV’s transformation into a successful digitally led media and entertainment company. Previously she was Chief Executive of easyJet plc for seven years and spent over 20 years at the Guardian Media Group holding a number of senior roles, including CEO of Guardian News and Media and then four years as Chief Executive of Guardian Media Group. She has previously served as a Non-executive Director of Lloyds TSB, Tesco plc and New Look Group plc. In 2008, Carolyn was awarded an OBE for her services to women in business and in 2016 a Damehood for her services to the aviation industry.
Current external appointments: Non-Executive Director, Bridgepoint Group plc; Trustee of the Development Board of the Royal Academy of Arts.
Appointed: 21 Feb 2019
Key skills and experience: Chris has a strong media background, holding senior management positions over a 17-year career at EMI. Chris’ experience in executing and driving strategy has played a key role in ITV’s digital acceleration into Phase Two of the More than TV strategy, and ensuring ITV’s transformation into a successful digitally led media and entertainment company, as well as driving a rationalisation/cost savings initiative. He was previously Chief Financial Officer of Micro Focus International plc, ARM Holdings and easyJet plc where he spent five years and was voted FTSE 100 CFO in 2015. As the business continues to evolve and develop, he took on the broader role of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Finance Officer in December 2021.
Current external appointments: Non-executive Director, Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Nomination Committee, Whitbread plc; Non-executive Director of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust; Trustee of the EMI Group Archive Trust.
Appointed: 2 Oct 2023
Committee: Audit and Risk
Key skill and experience: Dawn has extensive financial, commercial and international experience having held global roles in large scale businesses across consumer-related sectors. In November 2024, Dawn was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Haleon plc. Prior to this she held the position of CFO at Tate & Lyle plc from 2022, where she was heavily involved in developing the global strategy, digital capabilities and processes. Her previous experience includes a 25-year career at Mars Inc. where she was more recently Global CFO and Vice President of Global Transformation.
Current external appointments: Chief Financial Officer, Haleon plc.
Appointed: 11 Oct 2018
Committee: Nominations and Remuneration
Key skills and experience: Edward brings to the Board a wide range of City experience and invaluable insight in the understanding of stock markets and investor expectations. He was previously Vice Chairman of Jupiter Fund Management plc (2014) having joined Jupiter in 1994 as a UK fund manager and held the position of Chief Investment Officer from 1999 to 2010 and Group Chief Executive until 2014. He started his career at Schroders as an investment analyst before moving to Electra Investment Trust where he was a fund manager.
Current external appointments: Senior Independent Director, Land Securities Group plc; Trustee, The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation; Chairman, Netwealth Investments Ltd.
Appointed: 18 Jul 2022
Key skills and experience: Gidon has extensive digital and streaming services experience, along with in-depth knowledge of tech product and platform businesses having been responsible for the transformation of Now TV in the UK and the development and highly successful launch of Peacock. He joined Roku in 2022 as Senior Vice President of Consumer at Roku, prior to joining Roku he was President of Direct to Consumer for NBCU, launching Peacock in the U.S. Before moving to the U.S, Gidon led Sky’s streaming service 'Now' for 6 years, having previously launched Virgin Media’s VOD service. He holds a BA/MA from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in International Relations from The London School of Economics and Political Science.
Current external appointments: SVP, Platform Products and User Experience, Roku
Appointed: 1 May 2020
Committee: Audit and Risk, Nominations
Key skills and experience: Graham has extensive technical and digital experience, a focus in user-centric product design, coupled with in-depth knowledge of the e-commerce and digital sectors. He is the founder of Qubit, the leading provider of e-commerce personalisation technology. Prior to founding Qubit, he spent five years working at Google. His most recent role there was as global leader on Google’s strategy for conversion rate improvement. Graham has been working with web technology since 1995, designing and building websites with emergent technology.
Current external appointments: Director, Qubit; Non-Executive Director, RWS Holdings PLC
Appointed: 7 Jan 2019
Kyla joined ITV as General Counsel and Company Secretary and member of the Management Board in 2019. She has responsibility for legal, company secretariat, compliance and regulatory matters across the ITV Group. Prior to joining ITV, Kyla held senior legal positions in the media, entertainment, strategic outsourcing and aviation sectors. She was General Counsel and Company Secretary at easyJet plc and Mitie Group plc; Global General Counsel of EMI Music; and Group Legal Director at ITV plc and Granada Media. Kyla is currently Chair of Independent Television News (ITN) and is also a Non-executive Director on the Board of Northern Ballet.
Appointed: 31 Oct 2017
Committee: Audit and Risk, Nominations
Key skills and experience: Margaret has extensive experience in financial accounting, corporate finance, strategic and corporate planning having served as a Managing Partner of Deloitte LLP and Chief Financial Officer of BAA plc and Trinity Mirror plc. Margaret also held Non-executive Director and Audit Committee positions with Standard Chartered plc and Whitbread plc and was an external member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the John Lewis Partnership. Margaret was a managing partner of public policy regulation for Deloitte UK. Margaret’s skills and experience give her substantial insight into the Company’s reporting and risk management processes.
Current external appointments: Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee and member of the Nominations Committee of International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A.; Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and member of the Nominations Committee of ConvaTec Group plc.
Appointed: 1 Sep 2023
Key skill and experience: Marjorie has extensive brand, content and audience strategy experience having spent 20 years as a senior executive in the global media industry at Discovery, now Warner Bros Discovery, where she oversaw dramatic growth at multiple major networks in the US, building new franchises and unlocking revenue opportunities across platforms and then was responsible for strategy, coordination and execution of the International Division’s global content activities across the portfolio worldwide. She has substantial experience in both the US and Europe with a track record as a change agent, transforming and growing global brands and businesses, and building vibrant organisations.
Current external appointments: Head of Faculty at Merryck & Co, Non-executive Director of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE in Germany, ARTDAI and Trustee at The Grierson Trust.
Appointed: 9 Jan 2017
Committee: Nominations, Remuneration
Key skills and experience: Salman brings to the Board a wealth of experience in global businesses having worked for over 30 years managing global brand advertising and media spend. Previously he was COO, Global Commercial Division at SC Johnson & Son, and has held positions at Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo.
Current external appointments: Chief Executive Officer, Pladis.
Appointed: 10 Dec 2020
Committee: Remuneration, Nominations
Key skills and experience: Sharmila has strong public sector, commercial, government and non-profit experience across a wide range of sectors, including utilities, financial services, media, global health and medical research. Earlier in her career, she held the post of Chief Operating Officer at BBC Future Media & Technology, where she managed the business functions of bbc.co.uk, including the launch of iPlayer. Sharmila studied medicine at the University of Oxford, is a chartered accountant and was made an OBE in 2014 for services to medical research.
Current external appointments: Non-executive Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee, Member of the Corporate Sustainability and Nominations Committees, Severn Trent plc; Non-executive Director, member of the Audit and Risk, Remuneration and Nominations Committees, Halma plc; Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, Coutts & Co; Chairman of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Non-executive Director, University of Oxford and World Fellow, Yale University.
