Board of Directors
Martin Morgan
Chairman
Appointment to the Board: May 2018
Committee membership: Audit Committee and Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee
Martin Morgan has over 30 years of media and B2B experience, having spent a large proportion of his career at Daily Mail and General Trust Plc ("DMGT"). Martin was Chief Executive of DMG Information from 1989 until 2008, when he took up the role of Chief Executive from 2008 to 2016 leading DMGT's successful transformation from print to digital and expanding the business internationally. Prior to that, he held a number of senior positions at RELX Plc from 1975 to 1989. Martin is currently Non-Executive Director at City of London Investment Trust, a position he has held since 2012, and was a director of Euromoney Institutional Investor plc between 2008-2016. Martin joined the Wilmington Board on 1st May 2018.
Mark Milner
Chief Executive Officer
Appointment to the Board: July 2019
Committee membership: None
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.
Paul Dollman
Non-Executive Director
Appointment to the Board: September 2015
Committee membership: Audit Committee (Chair) and Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee
Paul Dollman is a Chartered Accountant and enjoyed a successful career in finance as the Group Finance Director of John Menzies plc. Current roles include Non-Executive Director of Scottish Amicable (part of Prudential plc), Air Partner plc, an aviation services business where he is the Audit Committee Chairman, and Audit Committee Chairman of Verastar a private equity owned business which provides essential business services (telecoms, water and energy and insurance) to the small business market. He is also a member of the Competition Appeals Tribunal. Paul joined the Board on 16 September 2015 and was appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee on 5 November 2015. Paul is also the Senior Independent Director (‘SID’).
Helen Sachdev
Non-Executive Director
Appointment to the Board: April 2020
Committee membership: Audit Committee and Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee (Chair)
Helen brings a wealth of experience to Wilmington following a successful blue-chip executive career in retail at Sainsbury and Tesco, in retail banking with Barclays and in residential property with Marsh & Parsons. She is a non-executive director and chairman of the Loughborough Building Society and was non-executive director of Communisis plc from June 2018 until its acquisition in December 2018. She is a founding director of the B2B coaching practice WOMBA (Work, Me and the Baby) and is an accredited Ashridge coach and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Helen joined the board on 29 April 2020 and was appointed Chairperson of the Remuneration Committee on 4 November 2020.
Guy Millward
Chief Financial Officer
Appointment to the Board: November 2020
Committee membership: None
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.