Investors

External Appointments

Non-Executive Director, Northern Bank Ltd

Non-Executive Director, Business in the Community Northern Ireland

Council member, Chartered Accountants Ireland

Previous Experience

Director and General Manager, Ulster Television plc (1990 – 1999)

Financial Controller/Company Secretary, Ulster Television plc (1983 – 1990)

Rescue Executive, Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland (1981-1983)

Financial Appraisal Executive, Department of Commerce (1980-1981)

Audit Function, Ernst & Young (1974-1980)

Qualifications

B.Sc. (Econ) Queen’s University, Belfast

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants

External Appointments

Director, The Digital Radio Group (London) Limited

Director, First Radio Sales Limited

Previous Experience

Managing Director, UTV Radio (GB) (2005 – present)

Group Business Development Director, UTV Media plc (2002 - 2005)

Managing Director, UTV Internet Ltd (2000 - 2002)

General Manager, DNA Limited, (2000)

Previous Experience

Group Finance Director, UTV Media plc, (2008-present)

Managing Director, Sepha Ltd, (2005-2008)

Finance Director, Sepha Ltd, (2000-2005)

Group Finance Director, Lamont Holdings plc, (1997-2000)

Divisional Finance Director, Scottish & Newcastle plc and Bass PLC (1984-1997)

Qualifications

B.Sc. (Econ) Queen’s University, Belfast

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants

Previous Experience

CEO, Kuju Entertainment Ltd / Doublesix Digital Publishing, UK (2010 - 2011)

Executive Director (Australia), Non-Exec Director (UK), National Biofuels Group, (2008 - 2009)

Various senior positions with MTV Networks, part of Viacom Inc. (1994-2007), including:

CEO, MTV Networks Asia Pacific;  CEO MTV Group Japan;  Managing Director, MTV Networks Australia; Managing Director, MTV Networks India; SVP, Creative & Content, MTV Networks Asia / MTV Group Japan.

Qualifications

B.A. (Hons) English Literature, The Open University, UK

External Appointments

Member (and former Chair) Skillset Northern Ireland Skills Board

Chair, Northern Ireland Skillset Media Academy Industry Panel

Board Member, Grand Opera House Trust, Belfast

Previous Experience

Human Resources and Training Manager, CAPITA Management Consultants (1991 - 1998)

Human Resources Executive, LEDU (now Invest NI) (1986 - 1991)

Qualifications

B.A. Psychology, Queen’s University, Belfast

Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management, University of Ulster

External Appointments

Chair of Royal Television Society in Northern Ireland

Chair of Television Broadcasters in Ireland Group

Member of IBEC Broadcast and Content Panel

Founder Member of Irish Film and Television Academy

Previous Experience

Head of Newsgathering, Five News, London (2004-2005)

Managing Editor, Sky News Ireland, Dublin (2002-2004)

Senior News Editor, Sky News, London (1998 – 2002)

Head of News Planning, Reuters Television, London, ( 1997-1998)

Chief News Editor, ITV Westcountry, SW England, (1993-1997)

Qualifications

B.A. (Hons) Communications, Nottingham

Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism, Falmouth College, Cornwall

Previous Experience

Commercial Director, Cork’s 96FM/C103 (1995 – 2001)

Financial Controller,  Cork’s 96FM/C103 (1994-1995)

Qualifications

B.Comm (Hons), University College, Cork

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants