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richard jewson non executive director

Richard Jewson, 63, joined the board of Eastern Counties Newspapers Group Limited (ECNG) in 1982 as a non-executive director and became Chairman in 1996.

After running Jewson, the timber and building merchant, for 12 years, Richard held the position of Managing Director, and then Chairman, of its holding company, Meyer International Plc, until he retired in 1993. Subsequently he was chairman of Savills Plc for ten years and Deputy Chairman of awg plc.

Richard, who during the course of the year left the boards of East Port Great Yarmouth Limited and PFI Infrastructure Company plc, is currently a director of Temple Bar Investment Trust Plc, Clean Energy Brazil plc, Grafton Group plc, Raven Russia plc and a number of unquoted companies.

Richard is Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk.

Richard chairs the remuneration and nominations committees..

richard.jewson@archant.co.uk

peter troughton non executive director
Peter Troughton, 59, joined the board of ECNG as a non-executive director in 1991, having served on the boards of East Anglian Daily Times Company Limited and Community Media Limited since 1984.

Peter graduated from Cambridge and served in HM Diplomatic Service, before joining WHSmith Group plc, where he became Managing Director News Division and later, as a director of the main board, Managing Director Retailing. He left in 1995 to become Deputy Chairman of Rothschild Asset Management until 1999.

He is a director of J Rothschild Services Ltd and other private companies. He is a non-executive director of Lowland Investment Company plc. A former trustee of the National Gallery, he was appointed a Trustee of the Royal Collection in 2007.

He is Chairman of the Council of the University of Bath.

Peter chairs the audit committee..

peter.troughton@archant.co.uk
john fry john fry chief executive

John Fry, 51, joined the Board as Chief Executive in May 2002.

John was previously Chief Executive of Misys International Banking Systems, a supplier of software systems to the banking industry. On graduating from Cambridge he started his career with Procter & Gamble, working in Belgium, Germany and Italy. After completing an MBA at INSEAD, he joined Bain & Company as a strategy consultant, before moving to Dun & Bradstreet, where he held a number of positions, including that of President of its European operations.

John is a non-executive director of James Southall & Company Limited, producer of Start-rite children’s shoes.

john.fry@archant.co.uk
adrian jeakings adrian jeakings finance director

Adrian Jeakings, 49, joined the Board as Finance Director in October 2002.

Adrian is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and was previously Group Finance Director of The Stationery Office, a provider of information management services to the Government and industry.

He is a graduate of Imperial College, London and worked briefly as an engineer before training as an accountant at BICC plc. After qualifying, he joined the instrumentation division of Schlumberger, where he was Finance Director of a number of business units based in France. Before joining The Stationery Office he was Director – Finance Europe for Dun & Bradstreet Inc.

Adrian is a governor of Norwich School and a member of the Audit Committee of the University of East Anglia.

adrian.jeakings@archant.co.uk
simon copeman simon copeman non executive director

Simon Copeman, 41, joined the board of ECNG in October 2001 as a non-executive director, having previously been a member of the ECNG Newspapers board.

Since 1990, Simon has held a variety of general management, Six Sigma and sales and marketing positions with 3M UK plc and is currently their Acquisition & Alliance Manager.

scopeman@mmm.com


Richard Wyatt, 48, was appointed a non-executive director of Archant in April 2005.

Richard is chairman of Loudwater Investment Partners and a non-executive director, and former chairman, of Panmure Gordon & Co plc, was formerly Managing Director of Schroder Securities and is a member of the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the FSA.

Richard, who is a law graduate, is a trustee of Aldeburgh Music and a director of The Suffolk Foundation.

richard.wyatt@panmure.com
june de moller june de moller non executive director

June de Moller, 60, joined the board of ECNG as a non-executive director in May 1999.

June was Managing Director of Carlton Communications Plc from 1993 to 1999, having joined the board of Carlton in 1983.

Formerly a director of Cookson Group Plc, BT plc and J Sainsbury Plc, June is currently a non-executive director of Derwent London Plc, Temple Bar Investment Trust plc and Aldeburgh Music.

June is a member of the Council of the University of East Anglia.

june.de.moller@archant.co.uk

Philip Graf, 61, was appointed a non-executive director of Archant in January 2006. Formerly the Chief Executive of Trinity Mirror Group, Philip was also a director of the Press Association for four years and has served on the boards of a number of quoted companies during the past 17 years.

He is a former Chairman of the Press Standards Board of Finance and of the Broadband Stakeholder Group – the advisory group to the Government on the promotion of broadband services.

In 2003, Philip was made a CBE for services to Regional Newspapers. Philip is currently Deputy Chairman of Ofcom and a partner in Praesta Partners, an executive coaching firm..

philip.graf@archant.co.uk

Jonathan Hustler Director

Jonathan Hustler, 52, the managing director of Archant Life Limited, joined the board in January 2008, having served as a director of a number of other Archant companies including The East Anglian Daily Times Company Limited, Eastern Counties Newspapers, and Archant Regional during 20 years of service with the Group.

After graduating from Leeds University, Johnny went to Unilever and started his media career with Anglia Television in 1983, then joining The East Anglian Daily Times in 1987. In 1995 he moved to ECNG in Norwich as marketing director, after which he served in a number of senior commercial roles before launching Archant Life, of which he remains a director, in 2001.

Johnny is a past UK and European Director of the International Newspaper Marketing Association and is currently a director of the Periodical Publishers Association Limited.

johnny.hustler@archant.co.uk

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