Board of Directors

John Botts

Chairman

Appointed to the Board as a non-executive director in 1997, John Botts became Chairman in December 2007. He is Senior Advisor of Allen & Company in London and Chairman of Botts & Company. Other directorships include Euromoney Institutional Investor plc, Glyndebourne Arts Trust, Tate Foundation. He is a graduate of Williams. (3)   Close

David Levin

Chief Executive Officer

David Levin was appointed as Group Chief Executive in 2005, having previously been chief executive of Symbian, a mobile phone software licensing company, since April 2002. He joined Symbian from Psion plc, the handheld computing company, where he was chief executive from February 1999. Prior to that, he had various roles with the international business-publishing group Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, as Group COO, Group CFO and as President of Institutional Investor magazine group in New York as well as working in the private equity group Apax Partners, based in the UK, and with the consultancy firm Bain and Company, mostly in Asia and the USA. David has an MBA from Stanford University and an MA from Oxford.  Close

Robert Gray

Chief Financial Officer

Robert Gray joined UBM’s Board as Chief Financial Officer in September 2009 having previously been at Codere S.A. for five years where he was Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Committee. Before joining Codere, he enjoyed a successful 24-year career in investment and commercial banking. From 1999 he was Managing Director, Latin American Investment Banking for Deutsche Bank, based in New York. Prior to his role at Deutsche Bank, he spent almost 20 years in a variety of roles at J.P. Morgan Co. with a particular focus on building and managing banking businesses in international markets, notably Latin America. Robert is an MBA graduate of Harvard Business School. Close

Jonathan Newcomb

Non-Executive Director

Jonathan Newcomb was appointed to the Board in 2001. He is a board member of Journal Communications (NYSE) and the BNA Corporation, and is currently the managing director of the New York-based investment firm Coady Diemar. He was chairman and CEO of Simon & Schuster, one of the world’s largest book publishers and providers of educational and training materials, from 1994 until 2002, having been president and chief operating officer from 1991. From 2002 to 2004 he was a principal with Leeds Equity Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, and in 2006 and 2007 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Cambium Learning, an educational services provider. Previous employment included McGraw Hill (where he was responsible for Standard & Poor’s and Data Resources) and Dun & Bradstreet. He is chairman of UBM’s Audit Committee. (1) (2) (3)   Close

Karen Thomson

Non-Executive Director

Appointed to the Board in 2006, Karen Thomson is an experienced executive, with a particular focus on the transformational power of the Internet. She launched AOL in the UK in 1995 and served as CEO of AOL UK and President of AOL Europe, developing both the telecoms and advertising lines of business. As a Director of Vodafone UK she was responsible for developing Vodafone UK’s Internet operations and fixed line telecoms business. Since 2009 she has been an active investor in early stage Internet-focused businesses such as MT Mobility Ltd – a company supplying mobility products and services to customers with mobility problems. She holds an MA (hons) in Philosophy from Aberdeen University and an MBA from Middlesex University. She has also been awarded an honorary doctorate from Middlesex University. (2) Close

Pradeep Kar

Non-Executive Director

Appointed to the Board in 2006, Pradeep Kar is the founder, chairman and managing director of Microland, India’s leading provider of outsourced IT infrastructure management services. Pradeep is the president of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Bangalore Chapter and Founder of the Bangalore Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization. Pradeep’s leadership acumen has been recognised with numerous accolades, notable among these are the ‘India Young Business Achiever Award’, ‘Stars of Asia’ by Newsweek and ‘Stars of India’ by Business India. He sits on the Advisory Board of Leaders’ Quest, an international social enterprise based in London. Pradeep holds a degree in mechanical engineering and a post-graduate degree in management. (1)   Close

Alan Gillespie

Non-Executive Director

Alan Gillespie CBE was appointed to the Board in April 2008. He is chairman of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and also the chairman of the International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm), an intergovernmental organisation established to fund vaccination programmes for children in many of the world’s poorest countries. He has previously held posts in both the public and private sectors, including as chairman of Ulster Bank Group, partner at Goldman Sachs & Co, chief executive of the Commonwealth Development Corporation, and chairman of the Northern Ireland Industrial Development Board. He is chairman of UBM’s Remuneration Committee and the Senior Independent Director. (1) ( 3) Close

Terry Neill

Non-Executive Director

Terry Neill was appointed to the Board in September 2009. He is based in Ireland, where UBM has its corporate headquarters. He is a non-executive director of CRH plc, the international building materials group also headquartered in Ireland, and of Bank of Ireland Group. He is a Governor of London Business School, where he is chair of the Finance committee. He held a range of senior roles in Accenture – variously based in Dublin, Chicago and London. He was the worldwide Managing Partner of Andersen/Accenture’s Change Management Practice and a senior partner in Accenture until August 2001, when he was part of the team that successfully developed and executed the strategy for transforming Accenture into a public company. Terry was Chairman of Accenture/ Andersen Consulting’s board and served on four terms as Chairman of Andersen Worldwide. He is a member of the board of Trinity Foundation and chair of the external advisory board for the humanities in Trinity College Dublin. (2) Close

Greg Lock

Non-Executive Director

Greg Lock was appointed to the Board in February 2010. Greg is Chairman of Computacenter plc, the IT services business, and Chairman of Kofax Plc, the leading provider of document-driven business process automation solutions. He has more than 38 years’ experience in the software and computer services industry, including four years as Chairman of technology company SurfControl Plc. He is also a non-executive director of technology companies Liberata and Target Group. Greg spent 30 years at IBM in a variety of senior roles including General Manager of IBM’s Global Industrial sector from 1998 to 2000, a member of IBM’s Worldwide Management Council and Governor of the IBM Academy of Technology. Greg has an MA in Natural Sciences from Churchill College, Cambridge. During his career at IBM he lived and worked in the United States, France and Germany. (2) Close

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