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Hugo Drayton

London

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Hugo Drayton

London

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About Hugo

Hugo is a highly successful board operator in the Media and Digital space, with over 30 years of experience in driving growth through ensuring the right people, processes, and technology where in place, backed by a strong growth strategy to deliver the demands of the key stakeholders involved.

Has operated as CEO, MD, COO and Director of sales in a range of businesses including AIM and FTSE listed, whilst maintaining a real passion and interest in the SME markets also.

Having now transitioned from full time executive to Non-exec Hugo relishes the challenge of working with an SME business where his gravitas of experience in taking something that is good and helping make it great, by asking the challenging questions, helping create a team culture and delivering strong stakeholder management all work hand in glove to accelerate growth.

Key career highlights include:

• Senior Independent Director at Future plc (FTSE 250); Director of Inskin Media (brand advertising); MASS Platform (Programmatic Rich Media).
• Consultancy Projects in Media; Ad Tech; Translations.
• Former CEO: Inskin Media; Phorm Inc.
• Managing Director, Europe: Advertising.com
• Managing Director: Telegraph Group (newspapers/online)
• Sales & Marketing Director: Telegraph Group; Reed Elsevier/IPC; Coats Viyella plc.
• 10 years overseas: South America & Europe.


Hugo's Career History

Future plc

Senior Independent Director & Chairman of Responsibility Committee (+ RemCom Chair x 3 years)

December 2014 - Ongoing

We are Future. The global platform for specialist media. We create expert original content that connects people to their passions across a portfolio of over 230 phenomenal brands.

Through our websites, magazines, events, and social spaces we reach 1 in 3 adults online in the UK and the US.

Founded in 1985, we have grown significantly to a global business with over 3,000 colleagues. We are the largest magazine publisher in the UK with a combined circulation of more than 3 million across our publications.

We innovate through our proprietary technology, diversify our audiences across new platforms, and acquire and launch new brands every year. We’ve got an ambitious plan to build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities.

Sectors

+ Marketing Media Other Digital