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Board of directors

  • Richard Sharp
  • Lord Chadlington
  • Sally Withey
  • Lord Puttnam
  • Michael Birkin
  • John Farrell
  • Eugene Beard
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.

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.

Sally Withey
Group Chief Operating Officer and Group Finance Director

Sally Withey has been with Huntsworth for seven years and prior to her appointment as Group 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.

Lord Puttnam
Independent Non-Executive Director

Lord Puttnam is Chariman of the remuneration Committee. Lord Puttnam 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, a non-executive director of Promethean plc and Chairman of the digital advertising agency, Profero. He remains active in Parliament and was Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Climate change Bill.

Michael Birkin
Independent Non-Executive Director

Michael Birkin was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director to the Board of Huntsworth on 1 September 2009 and is Chariman of the Audit committee. He has over 20 years’ experience in communications and marketing services, including eight years as Group Chief Executive of Interbrand Group plc. More recently he was Worldwide President of Omnicom’s marketing services division (1999 to 2005), Vice Chairman of Omnicom Group Inc (2005 to 2009) and Chairman and CEO of Omnicom Asia Pacific (2005 to 2009).

John Farrell
Independent Non-Executive Director

John Farrell was appointed to the Huntsworth Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 August 2009. He was most recently responsible for all of Publicis Groupe Worldwide Specialised Agencies and Marketing Services (SAMS). Previously, he was President and CEO of D'Arcy Worldwide, one of the top global advertising and communication networks; President of the IMP (now 'Arc') European Network of Direct and Promotional Marketing Businesses; and he also has client-side experience with Atlas Copco, Butlins UK and LRC International. He is also currently serving as a Non-Executive Director / Consultant for several advertising, media, marketing services and entertainment businesses, including Albion, Media Equals, Voiamo and R&R Music. John is Honorary President of the Institute of Sales Promotion, and Founder Member of the Direct Marketing Association of Great Britain.

Eugene Beard
Independent Non-Executive Director

Eugene Beard is Chairman of the Nominations Committee. He 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.

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