| Board of Directors Ebiquity has some of the most recognised figures in our sector |
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Michael Higgins Michael joined the Board on 1 May 2006. Michael spent the previous 10 years as a Partner at KPMG following 12 years at Charterhouse Bank, the last 8 as a Director. Michael qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse. Michael is currently a Senior Adviser with KPMG and works with a number of private media and technology companies. He is also a Board member of the Quoted Companies Alliance. In addition to chairing the PLC Board, Michael chairs the Audit and Remuneration Committees. Michael Greenlees Michael was one of the original-founding partners of Gold Greenlees Trott which, from its launch in 1980, grew to become one of the great names in British advertising. Under Michael’s guidance GGT grew into an international advertising and marketing group providing services in advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing and media buying and planning. GGT plc. was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1986 at which time Michael became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, a role he occupied for over 10 years until the sale to Omnicom in 1998 when he joined the Board of Omnicom and served as President & Chief Executive of TBWA Worldwide. In 2001 he was made Executive Vice-President of Omnicom Inc. Nick Manning Nick has spent 27 years in the Media Agency world, principally having co-founded Manning Gottlieb Media (MGM) in 1990. MGM became one of the most highly respected and fastest growing of Media Specialist agencies before becoming part of Omnicom in 1997. His most recent position was CEO of OMD’s operations in the UK, heading up £800m of billings and 500 people. Nick also co-founded OPera, the media negotiation arm for OMD and PHD, with billings of £1bn. Nick has a wealth of operational experience and media insight. |
Paul Adams A graduate in Computation from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Paul joined the Wellcome Foundation in 1989 as a systems analyst and programmer. During 1995 and 1997 he provided systems development services for Mintel International Group Limited in the capacity of Chief Systems Developer building their then ground breaking CD ROM database offering. Working with the Company from inception and becoming IT Director in 1999, Paul developed the Group’s technology platforms including all data capture and website systems. Now Chief Information Officer with responsibility for software development, infrastructure, data capture and QA he oversees much of Billetts Media Monitoring operations. Andrew Beach Andrew qualified at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and worked within their Assurance business for 9 years until 2007. For the last 6 years he specialised in Entertainment and Media clients and headed up the firm’s Publishing knowledge network. He joined Ebiquity as Group Financial Controller in March 2007 and was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in April 2008. Andrew also acts as Company Secretary for the Group. Stephen Thomson With a background primarily in IT planning, development and implementation, Stephen has been responsible for the creation of much of the Company’s in-house monitoring skills. Prior to founding Thomson Intermedia, he was the IT Director at Mintel and responsible for introducing technology solution to data delivery significantly influencing the business model. It was the application of technology to the media monitoring industry that was central to the set-up of Thomson Intermedia. Stephen is the co-founder and Director of childrens newspaper First News. He is also the co-founder and Managing Director of Priority One IT. Priority One IT is an IT business providing cutting-edge technology and support services to businesses. |
Sarah Jane Thomson Prior to founding Thomson, Sarah Jane was manager of the Business Development Unit within Valin Pollin financial advertising and PR agency. From there, Sarah Jane moved to Mintel International as Sales and Marketing Director, she was responsible for all of the company’s sales and marketing activities. During her career at Mintel, Sarah Jane was the key influence on strategic New Product Development. It was Sarah Jane’s extensive knowledge of the information world and the impact of new technologies that led her to develop a new business model for media monitoring and so establish Thomson Intermedia. Sarah Jane is the co-founder and Director of childrens newspaper First News and Priority One IT. She is also shareholder and consultant to Addictive Interactive, a new social networking site launched in June this year. Richard Nichols Richard is currently Group Chief Executive of College Hill, the international business communications consultancy. He is also a member of the Advisory board of ADV Marketing Holding, a leading marketing communications group in Russia & the CIS. Prior to joining College Hill, Richard was Chief Executive of Huntsworth plc, following the merger with Incepta Group plc where he was the Chief Executive and formerly Group Finance Director. At Incepta Richard led the team that grew the company into one of the world’s largest communications and marketing agencies. Richard qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in London before spending two years in Corporate Finance at British Gas in the mid 1990’s. He sits on Ebiquity’s Audit and Remuneration Committees.
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