Executive Committee

Mark Milner

Chief Executive Officer

Mark Milner joined Wilmington as its new Chief Executive Officer on July 1st, 2019. Mark joined Wilmington from Daily Mail and General Trust plc ('DMGT') where since 2001 he has held a number of senior roles. These include Chief Executive Officer of Landmark Information Group, its property information division, from 2013 to 2018. Prior to this, whilst at DMGT, Mark was Chief Executive Officer of the Digital Property Group, responsible for running its consumer-focused property portals, PrimeLocation, Findaproperty and Globrix until their merger with Zoopla in 2012. Between 2001 and 2008 Mark held a variety of positions at Associated Northcliffe Digital Ltd, becoming Managing Director of the Specialist Division. Whilst there he was involved in the launch of Mail Online, now the world’s most visited English language news site. Mark’s early career was spent in commercial and sales roles in the newspaper industry.

Tamara Kahn

Compliance Divisional Director

Tamara Kahn joined Wilmington on June 3, 2019 and took up the role of Compliance Divisional Director on July 1, 2019, replacing Bill Howarth. Tamara joined from Science Group plc, an AIM-listed regulatory services, R&D advisory and product development company where she was COO and prior to that Corporate Development and Group Marketing Director since she joined in 2010. During this time she helped double the revenue of the organisation, increasing the service and geographic reach of the Group mostly through M&A and integration activities. Previously Tamara worked as Interim CEO/COO at Localgiving.com between 2009-2010 and Divisional Managing Director at Microgen Plc from 2005-2009. Tamara’s experience and interest lies in working with people and teams to develop strategies that deliver long term sustainable growth. She has a degree in International Relations from University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from INSEAD.

Thomas Mount

Chief Technology Officer

Thomas joined Wilmington on 29 October 2018 and became Chief Technology Officer on 1 January 2019. His career has been spent working in two of the UK’s largest multinational organisations, Unilever and GlaxoSmithKline, in technology roles of increasing seniority. He has held technology leadership positions supporting business teams in Sales, Marketing, Digital, R&D and Finance functions. At Unilever he supported commercial teams throughout Europe and Asia focusing on enabling teams to be more successful through deployment of technology. He joined GlaxoSmithKline in 2011 as the CIO for Consumer Healthcare R&D and Marketing – during this time he repositioned technology to drive business innovation and improve speed to market. Before joining Wilmington, his most recent role was as Global Head of Technology for Digital, Marketing & Communications at GlaxoSmithKline. Thomas holds a degree in Physics from The University of Nottingham and is passionate about using technology to drive commercial and competitive advantage.

Guy Millward

Chief Financial Officer

Guy Millward joined Wilmington on 5 November 2020 as CFO Designate and became CFO and Company Secretary on 10 December 2020. Guy has extensive experience in senior finance positions at several publicly listed and privately held technology companies. His previous roles include that of CFO at Imagination Technologies Group plc, Advanced Computer Software Group plc, Quixant plc, Metapack Limited and Bighand Limited, Group Finance Director at Alterian plc, Morse plc and Kewill plc. Guy is currently a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee at Eckoh plc. Guy is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Richard Shamsi

Chief Operating Officer

Richard Shamsi joined Wilmington on 30th September 2020 as Chief Operating Officer. Richard held a number of Board level roles, at TLA plc and AKQA (division of WPP plc), both professional services businesses. Richard has extensive experience in data and information businesses, notably at Weve Ltd, a joint venture between O2, Vodafone and EE (now owned by BT). Richard also comes with extensive operational experience in running digital businesses including spending ten years at the Daily Mail & General Trust plc as Chief Operating Officer.