Future and governance

Kevin Li Ying | Chief Executive Officer

Kevin was appointed CEO in March 2025 after previously serving as Executive Vice President of the B2C division and prior to this, Chief Technology Officer since April 2016. He was previously Chief Technical Architect, leading systems and software engineering as well as all infrastructure operations across the group.

During that time, Kevin’s key achievements included the delivery of the Hawk technology – Future’s proprietary eCommerce platform and the backbone of the group’s revenue stream. Before this, he was Web Development Director at Future UK.

Kevin is originally from Mauritius, holds a BSc with honours, speaks three languages and is an ex-badminton champion.

Sharjeel Suleman | Chief Financial Officer

Prior to Future, Sharjeel was the CFO of ITV Studios. Before this, he held a variety of senior finance roles at ITV plc, including Director of Group Finance and Director of Investor Relations. Sharjeel started his career at KPMG, where he qualified as a chartered accountant. Sharjeel brings fantastic experience from his roles at ITV, in particular managing a portfolio of brands, M&A and driving growth across international markets. Sharjeel also sits on the Board of Commonwealth Games England and is a Trustee of MCC Foundation.

Jason MacLellan | Chief Technology Officer

Jason was appointed CTO at Future in February 2024, after previously joining as Senior Vice President, Operations & IT in May 2019. Before Future, Jason spent three years as Chief Information Officer at an innovative NHS trust, where he led all aspects of information technology and programme delivery. 

Before this, Jason was the Global Head of IT Delivery at Fitness First for five years, where he was responsible for software development and business intelligence. At the start of his career, Jason spent 11 years as an IT consultant at PA Consulting, delivering digital solutions for clients as a technical lead and solutions architect. 

Hillary Kerr | Senior Vice President
Style & Luxury, Homes, Music, Photography & Design

Hillary Kerr is the SVP of the Women’s + Luxury group at Future, where she leads Who What Wear, Marie Claire, Wallpaper* and Country Life. Kerr holds a B.A. in British Literature from the University of Southern California and a M.A. in Magazine Journalism from New York University.

Simon Collis | Senior Vice President
Technology and Games Verticals and Audience Development & Content Strategy

Simon leads our Consumer Technology and Games verticals, as well as Audience centres of excellence for audience acquisition and retention, social media, video and email. He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University with a first class degree in Mathematics & Philosophy. Simon has 25 years' experience in many specialist media verticals, editing magazines from 2002 and switching to a digital focus from 2014. He was named BSME Digital Editor of the Year while at Time Inc (UK) prior to joining Future as part of the acquisition of TI Media.

Joel Griffiths | Senior Vice President
News, Wealth, Knowledge, Sports and Wellness Verticals and Magazines & Events

Joel Griffiths is Senior Vice President of Magazines, Subscriptions, Events, News, Wealth, Sports & Knowledge. He leads a diverse portfolio of specialist verticals and cross-functional teams dedicated to driving growth across Future’s world-class brands. Joel joined Future in 2020 following the acquisition of TI Media. Originally serving as Managing Director of Marketforce, he was instrumental in developing a print centre of excellence before expanding his remit into broader horizontal and vertical leadership. With over 20 years of experience in the media industry, Joel has held senior commercial and operational roles and worked with a range of market-leading publishing businesses.

Amanda Darman-Allen | Senior Vice President
B2B Vertical

Amanda is Senior Vice President of B2B, leading Future’s portfolio of B2B brands and overseeing the B2B division across product, content, commercial, go-to-market, events, and delivery. She leads cross-functional teams focused on driving sustainable growth, audience engagement, and commercial performance across Future’s specialist B2B businesses. With nearly 20 years of experience, Amanda has a proven track record in shaping strategy, developing high-performing teams, and scaling media, technology, and communications organisations across both in-house and agency environments. Prior to her current role, Amanda served as Managing Director of SmartBrief, Future’s leading B2B digital media brand. There, she led initiatives spanning content, sales, product, marketing, and partnerships, delivering strong revenue and audience growth while spearheading a comprehensive brand repositioning and rebranding effort. Before joining Future, Amanda held executive leadership roles at Blue State, a WPP-owned digital strategy and creative agency, where she led business development, account strategy, creative operations, and delivery for a global client portfolio. Amanda holds a degree in Communications and Public Relations from the University of Maryland.

Lee Griffin | Senior Vice President
Price Comparison Websites, Go.Compare

Lee joined Future in February 2021 following the acquisition of GoCo Group plc. As one of the founders of Gocompare.com he has vast experience of business development, partner relationships and product innovation. Prior to starting Gocompare.com Lee was with Admiral where he held various business critical roles, culminating in being part of the team that launched Confused.com.

Rob George | Senior Vice President
eCommerce and Product

Rob George joined Future in 2023 and is SVP of Product & eCommerce. He is responsible for setting product strategy to build the business of tomorrow, while leading the eCommerce business to deliver on today. Rob has spent his career working at the intersection of strategy, product, digital and commercial execution. Prior to Future, he held senior roles at leading UK retailers including Sainsbury’s and Argos, spanning strategy, marketing, digital and trading. He began his career in strategy consulting at PwC.

Neville Daniels | Managing Director
Australia

Neville qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG where he worked in UK and New Zealand offices before joining Future plc in May 2001 as Financial Controller. In 2008 Neville worked on the launch of Future’s Australian business, and was made Managing Director in 2010. Since then he has overseen organic growth and acquisitions in print and digital channels for Future’s business in the APAC region.

Richard Huntingford
Chair

POSITION: Independent Non-Executive Chairman

COMMITTEES: Nomination (Chair)

NATIONALITY: British

APPOINTED: December 2017 and as Chair in February 2018

Key skills and experience:

• Provides strong leadership of the Board in fulfilling its role of overseeing the development and delivery of Company strategy

• Ensures healthy debate and appropriate support for, and challenge of, executive management in their delivery of strategy by Non-Executive Directors

• Provides leadership in stakeholder relations

External appointments:

Non-Executive Director and Chair of Unite Group plc. Richard had a 20-year career at Chrysalis plc and was CEO from 2000 to 2007, following which he was Chair of Virgin Radio until its sale in 2008. More recently, he has been Non-Executive Chair of Wireless Group plc (formerly UTV Media plc) from 2012 to 2016 and Non-Executive Director of The Bankers Investment Trust plc from 2018 to 2021.

Education:

Richard is a chartered accountant (FCA), having qualified with KPMG.

Sharjeel Suleman | Chief Financial Officer

Prior to Future, Sharjeel was the CFO of ITV Studios. Before this, he held a variety of senior finance roles at ITV plc, including Director of Group Finance and Director of Investor Relations. Sharjeel started his career at KPMG, where he qualified as a chartered accountant. Sharjeel brings fantastic experience from his roles at ITV, in particular managing a portfolio of brands, M&A and driving growth across international markets. Sharjeel also sits on the Board of Commonwealth Games England and is a Trustee of MCC Foundation.

Meredith Amdur
Independent Non-Executive Director

POSITION: Independent Non-Executive

COMMITTEES: Nomination, Audit and Risk, Responsibility

NATIONALITY: American

APPOINTED: February 2020

Key skills and experience:

• Editorial and publishing content

• Digital

• Technology platforms

• Advertising and brands

• B2B media and information/services

External appointments:

Meredith was previously Chief Executive Officer of Rhetorik, a leading data supplier to technology vendors, until sale to Lightcast in July 2025, where she is now a Senior Advisor. She was previously President and CEO of Wanted Technologies, a Canadian listed recruitment data analytics provider, and has held executive roles with Microsoft, Deloitte and DirecTV.

Education:

Meredith holds a BA from the University of North Carolina in International Studies, an MSc from the London School of Economics in Politics and an MBA in Business Administration and Management from Cornell University.

Mark Brooker
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee

POSITION: Independent Non-Executive

COMMITTEES: Nomination, Remuneration (Chair)

NATIONALITY: British

APPOINTED: October 2020

Key skills and experience:

• Board roles in public companies

• UK and International consumer and B2B businesses

• Digital platforms

External appointments:

Currently Non-Executive Director at PaySafe Ltd, Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd and eCogra Holding Ltd. Mark was previously Chief Operating Officer of Trainline (formerly thetrainline.com) where he had responsibility for the UK and International consumer and B2B businesses, including the Marketing and Product functions. Mark joined Trainline from Betfair where he also held the role of COO. Prior to this, Mark spent 17 years in investment banking advising UK companies on equity capital raising and M&A, latterly as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley.

Education:

Mark holds a Master’s degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford University.

Alan Newman
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee

POSITION: Independent Non-Executive

COMMITTEES: Nomination, Audit and Risk (Chair)

NATIONALITY: British

APPOINTED: February 2018

Key skills and experience:

• Corporate finance, accounting and audit, executive leadership, investor relations, media, telecommunications and technology, public company leadership and governance, strategy and M&A.

External appointments:

Alan is Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Council member at the University of Essex. He was formerly Chief Financial and Operating Officer of Ebiquity plc (2019-2023) and Chief Financial Officer of YouGov plc (2008 to 2017). Prior to that, Alan was a Partner at Ernst & Young Business Advisory Services and at KPMG Consulting, where he worked mainly with clients in the media, telecommunications and technology sectors. He previously held corporate management roles at Pearson plc and MAI plc (now United Business Media).

Education:

Alan is a chartered accountant and has an MA in Modern Languages (French and Spanish) from Cambridge University.

Rob Hattrell
Independent Non-Executive Director

POSITION: Independent Non-Executive

COMMITTEES: Nomination, Remuneration

NATIONALITY: British

APPOINTED: October 2018

Key skills and experience:

• Digital platforms, eCommerce and online sales, retail and customer behaviour, technology, business development, executive leadership.

External appointments:

Partner & Head of Digital at TDR Capital, Non-Executive Director of Priam Acquisitions Limited, Asda Stores Limited and other TDR investments vehicles. Previously, he was Vice President for eBay UK, where he led one of eBay's strongest markets worldwide . Previously at Tesco, Rob was most recently responsible for the supermarket’s General Merchandise business across the UK and Central Europe. He has also held the position of Partner in the global retail practice at Accenture.

Education:

Rob graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Geography.

Angela Seymour-Jackson
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of Go.Compare.com

POSITION: Independent Non-Executive

COMMITTEES: Nomination, Remuneration, Audit and Risk, Responsibility and Chair of Go.Compare.com

NATIONALITY: British

APPOINTED: February 2021

Key skills and experience:

• Strong strategic understanding

• Angela has extensive experience gained from a multitude of industries and sectors, including the insurance market.

• Through her other current directorships, Angela has relevant experience with audit and remuneration committees.

External appointments:

Angela is Chair of PageGroup plc and a Non-Executive Director of Janus Henderson Group plc and Trustpilot Group plc. From December 2012 until September 2016, Angela was Managing Director of Workplace Savings at Aegon UK. She was also a member of Aegon UK’s Independent Governance Committee. Prior to joining Aegon UK, Angela held a variety of senior sales and marketing roles at Norwich Union Insurance, where she ran the direct personal lines business, General Accident, CGNU and Aviva. Angela was the Senior Adviser to Lloyds Bank (Insurance) from November 2016 to November 2017. Angela was previously a Non-Executive Director of esure Group plc, Rentokil Initial plc and GoCompare.com Group plc. Angela was Chief Executive Officer of RAC Motoring Services from 2010 to 2012 and led the sale of that business to The Carlyle Group.

Education:

Angela is a qualified marketing professional and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. She holds an MSc in Marketing

Ivana Kirkbride | Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Responsibility Committee

POSITION: Independent Non-Executive

COMMITTEES: Nomination, Responsibility (Chair)

NATIONALITY: American

APPOINTED: December 2023

Key skills and experience:

• Content-led, consumer digital media businesses.

• Leveraging data and technology to create and deliver entertainment experiences to next-gen audiences.

• Experience as investor, start-up entrepreneur and operator at Fortune 50 corporations.

External appointments:

Ivana was formerly Chief Commercial Officer for Deezer S.A. Prior to this, she was a Board Director for Television Academy Foundation, an Executive at Meta, Verizon and Google, and a former investor at Advent International and ABS Capital Partners.

Education:

BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia, Henry Crown Fellow at The Aspen Institute and, Member of the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America.

Kevin Li Ying | Chief Executive Officer

Kevin was appointed CEO in March 2025 after previously serving as Executive Vice President of the B2C division and prior to this, Chief Technology Officer since April 2016. He was previously Chief Technical Architect, leading systems and software engineering as well as all infrastructure operations across the group.

During that time, Kevin’s key achievements included the delivery of the Hawk technology – Future’s proprietary eCommerce platform and the backbone of the group’s revenue stream. Before this, he was Web Development Director at Future UK.

Kevin is originally from Mauritius, holds a BSc with honours, speaks three languages and is an ex-badminton champion.