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. Martin is acting as Executive Chairman from 13 February 2019 until a new Chief Executive Officer is appointed.
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.
Richard Amos
Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Appointment to the Board: March 2018
Committee membership: None
Richard Amos joined Wilmington on 1 March 2018 and became Chief Financial Officer on 1 April 2018 and Company Secretary on 17 May 2019. Richard joined from Plant Impact plc, an AIM-listed agricultural technology business where he was CFO and Company Secretary from May 2016 to December 2017. Prior to that he was Group Finance Director of Anite plc, a main market listed technology group, from November 2009 until its sale in August 2015. Richard has held similar positions at a number of public and private technology companies, including Retail Decisions plc, Agilisys Holdings Ltd and VEGA Group plc. He qualified as a chartered accountant at EY in 1991 and holds an MA in Management Studies and Engineering from Cambridge University.
Derek Carter
Non-Executive Director
Appointment to the Board: December 2011
Committee membership: Audit Committee, Nomination Committee (Chairman) and Remuneration Committee
Derek Carter was previously Chief Executive of Emap Communications for 11 years, where he led Emap’s growth into a market leading mixed media business built on powerful information, events and magazine brands and its subsequent sale to Apax/Guardian Media Group in 2008. Derek, who was previously Chairman of DocuGroup, a leading European information business serving the construction sector, is the Senior Independent Director (‘SID’).
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, a FTSE 250 company. Current roles include Non-Executive Director of Scottish Amicable, part of Prudential plc, Non-Executive Chairman of Smart Metering plc, an AIM listed company, and a Member of the Audit Committee of The National Library of Scotland. Paul joined the board on 16 September 2015 and was appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee on 5 November 2015.
Nathalie Schwarz
Non-Executive Director
Appointment to the Board: December 2011
Committee membership: Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee (Chairman)
Nathalie Schwarz was formally the Commercial and Corporate Development Director on the Board at Channel 4 Television and was Strategy and Development Director on the Board of Capital Radio plc. Nathalie qualified as a solicitor with Clifford Chance.
Helen Sachdev
Non-Executive Director
Appointment to the Board: April 2020
Committee membership: Audit Committee and Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee
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.