11 May 2015
UBM announces new Chief Financial Officer
UBM plc is pleased to announce that Marina Wyatt will join UBM as Chief Financial Officer and
an Executive Director on 2 September 2015. She joins from TomTom NV, a location and
navigation solutions provider, where for ten years she has been Chief Financial Officer. Robert
Gray will continue as Chief Financial Officer until this date.
Since joining UBM in 2009, Bob Gray has played a key role in helping to steer the Company
through its transformation into a focused events and marketing services company. However Bob
has expressed a wish to relocate back to the US. He will remain with the Group as an Executive
Director until the end of this year, initially to ensure an orderly transition to the new CFO and then
to support the execution of the “Events First” strategy, which he has taken an integral role in
helping to develop.
Dame Helen Alexander, Chairman, said “It gives me great pleasure to welcome Marina to UBM. I
would like to thank Bob for his significant contribution to UBM over a key period in the Company’s
evolution towards a more focused business.”
Tim Cobbold, Chief Executive, said “Marina’s excellent track record and wealth of experience will
bring outstanding insight and value to the management team, as we lead UBM through the next
stage of its development. I am also very pleased that we will be retaining Bob’s experience within
the Group for the immediate future, as well as ensuring a smooth handover to Marina.”
Marina Wyatt said “I am delighted to be joining UBM and becoming part of the leadership team.
UBM’s considerable potential and its compelling “Events First” focus will make this an exciting
place to be as we implement this strategy”.
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Ms Wyatt is a non-executive Director of Shanks Group PLC in the UK and a member of the
Supervisory Board of Lucas Bols NV in The Netherlands, both publicly listed companies.
Neither Ms Wyatt nor any connected person holds any interest in UBM securities.
There is no other information required to be disclosed pursuant to LR9.6.13R in respect of Ms
Wyatt.
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Notes to Editors
Biographical – Marina, as Chief Financial Officer, has taken a pivotal role in recent years as
TomTom has responded to a rapidly changing competitive landscape. Marina is a graduate of the
University of Cambridge and a Chartered Accountant. She started her career at Arthur Andersen
in London and then in the US and has since held senior finance roles in Psion PLC where she
was Group Financial Controller and then Group Finance Director and in Colt Telecom PLC where
she was Chief Financial Officer. She became Chief Financial Officer of TomTom, an international
company with operations in 40 countries, in 2005. At TomTom, Marina oversaw a number of
successful acquisitions and financings, and built a highly regarded finance team, together with
offshored global shared services.
Remuneration – On appointment, Ms Wyatt will receive a basic annual salary of £450,000 with
pension and benefits in line with the Company's approved remuneration policy. In addition, and
also consistent with the remuneration policy, she will participate in UBM's annual bonus and longterm incentive plans at a maximum performance opportunity of 120% and 150% of base salary
respectively. The value of Ms Wyatt's incentive awards, which will be forfeited on leaving her
current employer, will be compensated. Full details of these arrangements will be included in the
Directors' Remuneration Report (DRR) for the year ending 31 December 2015.
Further details of the operation of UBM's annual bonus and long-term incentive plans are set out
in the 2014 DRR.
About UBM plc – UBM plc is a leading global events-led marketing services and
communications company. We help businesses do business, bringing the world’s buyers and
sellers together at events, online and in print. Our 5,000 staff in more than 20 countries are
organised into specialist teams which serve commercial and professional communities, helping
them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.
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