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Hugo Drayton
Senior Independent Director, Future plc
Hugo‘s professional bio / interests
Experienced Board Director and CEO in media: publishing; digital transformation; advertising; & ecommerce.
International – Entrepreneurial - Team-building: experience across large corporations, SMEs and start-ups.
Senior Independent Director & RemCom Chairman, Future plc (FTSE250).
Board Director of Inskin Media Ltd, & MASS Platform Ltd.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence at DCA (Digital Capital Advisors).
Advisor to: pubX; GlobalDrum; #AskUltra.
Former Board Director: Whittard of Chelsea; Phorm Inc.; Stream Group plc; Newsplayer; Interactive Investor International (iii); Westferry Printers; NPA.
Managing Director, Telegraph Group (1994-2004)
CEO: Inskin Media; Phorm; MD: Advertising.com, Europe; Reed Telemedia (IPC).
Early career: Marketing & Sales (Coats Viyella), South America & Europe.
Charities
Trustee (former Chairman), British Skin Foundation (BSF); & Felix Byam Shaw Foundation (The Felix Project).
Languages: Spanish; French; Italian.
[email protected] 07833 204604
I’d like help with…
Identifying one or 2 more NED roles
An interesting, or unusual fact(s) about me…
Motorbike & bicycle; South America; Spurs
I live in
GB
A career highlight
Planned & launched UK's first online newspaper (Electronic Telegraph, 1994)
Links
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugo-drayton-02a9b61/
Connections
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Joined Guild
17 March, 2021