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Lord Chadlington Lord Chadlington
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Lord Chadlington has spent his entire working life in communications, as a journalist after graduating from Cambridge University and later in Public Relations both in-house and consultancy. He founded Shandwick in 1974 and the company was publicly listed in 1984. He established Shandwick as the largest PR consultancy in the UK, holding that position for the next 17 years. He built the firm overseas and it was sold to The Interpublic Group of Companies in 1998, forming the group that became the largest PR consultancy in the world. Lord Chadlington is a former director of Halifax plc and has written and lectured extensively on communications, politics and Public Relations. He was created a life peer in 1996. Lord Chadlington is a non-executive director of Britax Childcare Holdings Limited.
 
Richard Sharp Richard Sharp
NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Richard Sharp joined the Huntsworth Board as Non-Executive Chairman in May 2008. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1984, became a partner in 1994, and worked across the Goldman Sachs business, heading the capital markets, investment banking and private equity divisions. He was a member of the European Management Committee and a director of Goldman Sachs International. He retired as Chairman of Goldman Sachs' European Principal Investment Area at the end of 2006. He is a former director of Cognis AG, the German chemical company, and ISS, the Danish-based global outsourcing company. He is Chairman of the Royal Academy Trust and a trustee of the Institute of Cancer Research.
 
Sally Withey Sally Withey
GROUP CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Sally Withey has been with Huntsworth for four years and prior to her appointment as Chief Operating Officer in March 2008 was the Group Finance Director. Previously she was Chief Financial Officer, Europe, of the Nasdaq-listed technology company Predictive Inc. She is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and has over 20 years' experience working in people businesses.
 
Tymon Broadhead Tymon Broadhead
GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR
Tymon Broadhead joined Huntsworth in May 2005 after the merger with Incepta Group plc, where he had previously been Group Financial Controller since 2002. At Huntsworth he has been Deputy Finance Director and Company Secretary and was appointed Group Finance Director in March 2008. He is a qualified chartered accountant and worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in various audit and business advisory roles from 1990 to 2001.
 
Tracey Reid Tracey Reid
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
Tracey Reid joined Huntsworth in 2005 as Human Resources Director from Capital Radio plc, now GCap Media plc. Her career in media started with advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty. She subsequently moved to Capital Radio in 1994, where she built and shaped the HR function as the business expanded and was transformed through a series of acquisitions.
 
Robert Alcock Robert Alcock
SENIOR INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Robert Alcock is Chairman of the Audit Committee, Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. He was a member of the board of directors of Incepta Group plc from 2001 and joined the Huntsworth Board in 2005 following Huntsworth's merger with Incepta. He is currently a non-executive director of Connaught plc and Leed Petroleum plc. He is also Chairman of Anglo & Overseas plc and Chairman of Next Pension Trustees Limited. Previous positions include Group Managing Director of Norcros plc, European Finance Director of RJR Nabisco Inc., Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Black & Decker Inc., and non-executive director of Capita Group plc.
 
Eugene Beard Eugene Beard
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Eugene Beard is a director and Vice Chairman of Old Westbury Funds and a director of MARC USA, Cambridge Technology and One to One Interactive. Eugene Beard retired as Vice Chairman, Finance and Operations of the global marketing services group, The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (IPG) in December 1999, remaining as a special advisor until December 2003.
 
Anthony Brooke Anthony Brooke
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Anthony Brooke is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. He is a director of Fauchier Partners and a non-executive director of Quintessentially (UK) Limited. He is a former Vice Chairman of S.G. Warburg & Co. Ltd.
 
Lord Puttnam Lord Puttnam
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Lord Puttnam joined the Huntsworth Board in September 2007. He began his career in advertising, moving into film production in the late 1960s in which, over the next 30 years, he enjoyed many notable successes including Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire, Local Hero, The Killing Fields and The Mission. Since retiring from film production in the late 1990s he has concentrated on education and politics. In 2002 he was elected UK president of UNICEF. He is currently Deputy Chairman of Channel 4 and Chairman of the digital advertising agency, Profero. He is also Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee on the Draft Climate Change Bill.
 
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