Business
Statement re Appointments
Statement re Appointments.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n SMG PLC\n20 August 2007\n\n\n20 August 2007\n\n\n Board of Virgin Radio Holdings Limited Unveiled -\n\n appointment of Chairman, Senior Independent Director\n\n and Chief Financial Officer\n\n\nSMG plc is pleased to announce the following key appointments to the Board of\nVirgin Radio Holdings Limited. Richard Huntingford has been appointed as\nNon-Executive Chairman and Rosemary Thorne appointed as Senior Independent\nDirector to the Virgin Radio Holdings Limited Board from 1 September 2007. SMG\nis also pleased to confirm that David Palmer has been appointed Chief Financial\nOfficer of Virgin Radio, having started on 3 July 2007.\n\n\nRichard Huntingford, Chairman, Virgin Radio Holdings Limited\n\nRichard, 51, is one of the most respected figures in commercial radio having\nmasterminded the development of Chrysalis into one of the UK's leading radio\ngroups prior to its recent sale to Global Radio. Richard joined Chrysalis in\n1987 as Corporate Development Director and was responsible for the company's\ninitial investment in the radio sector in 1992 becoming CEO of Chrysalis Radio\nin 1994. In this role, he successfully expanded the division through a brand-led\nstrategy that saw Heart and Galaxy become major new forces in UK commercial\nradio. In December 2000, he was promoted to Group CEO. Previously, Richard\nworked for 12 years as a Chartered Accountant for KPMG. In 2005, Richard became\na non-executive director at Virgin Mobile Holdings (UK) plc until its\nacquisition by NTL in July 2006.\n\n\nRosemary P Thorne, Senior Independent Director, Virgin Radio Holdings Limited\n\nRosemary, 55, is an extremely successful businesswoman with a distinguished PLC\ncareer as Group Finance Director of Ladbrokes plc (2006-2007), Bradford and\nBingley plc (1999-2005), and J Sainsbury plc (1992-1999). She was a\nnon-executive director of Royal Mail plc (1998 - 2004) and has been a\nnon-executive director of Cadbury Schweppes plc since 2004 and Abbey National\nplc since 2006. Rosemary was a member of the Financial Reporting Council for\nnine years until May 2007, and a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel\nuntil October 2006. She was also a member of the Hundred Group of Finance\nDirectors, one of the most influential industry bodies, until April 2007.\n\n\nDavid Palmer, Chief Financial Officer, Virgin Radio Holdings Limited\n...