Directors and Governance
Directors of the Board
- Richard Huntingford, Non-executive Chairman
- Huw Eurig Davies, Chief Executive Officer
- Mark Fenwick, Finance Director
- Gareth Rees, Executive Director
- Roger Moore, Non-executive Director
- Linda James, Non-executive Director
Richard Huntingford - Non-executive Chairman
Richard, 52, was CEO of Chrysalis Group plc from December 2000 until September 2007, having joined as Corporate Development Director in June 1987. At Chrysalis he was responsible for building the company into a broadly-based media group with significant radio, television and music businesses. During this period, Chrysalis Television become a leading producer of drama, entertainment, factual and sports programming, with flagship shows such as Midsomer Murders, Richard and Judy, Top Ten, F1 and Football Italia, prior to its sale to All3Media in August 2003. Richard founded Chrysalis Radio in 1993 which he developed into one of the leading brand-led radio groups with its successful Heart, Galaxy and LBC stations prior to its £170 million sale to Global Radio in July 2007. From September 2007 Richard was Executive Chairman of Virgin Radio until its acquisition by Times of India in June 2008. Richard qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and has over 20 years of experience at PLC Board level in the media industry.
Huw Eurig Davies - Chief Executive Officer
Huw Eurig Davies co-founded Boomerang in 1994. Prior to founding Boomerang, Huw worked in marketing and public relations, gaining experience in both the public and private sectors. Huw spent two years from 1988 in the public relations department of S4C where he was promoted to the position of deputy-head of Public Relations. He then went on to work at the Welsh Development Agency as Marketing Initiatives Manager, before leaving to work as sales and marketing manager for Best Display Group Limited. His first experience of TV production came with a six month contract with HTV Wales in 1994.
In 1996 Huw was elected on to the council of TAC, the industry's trade organisation in Wales, and was elected Chair of the organisation in 2002, a position he held until 2006 having served for two terms of office. In 2005, Huw was elected to represent the Welsh PACT membership as their National representative on the PACT Council, a position he held for two years. Huw graduated from the University College Cardiff in 1987.
Mark Fenwick - Finance Director
Mark joined the Group and the Board in October 2004. Prior to joining the Group, Mark was employed with Deloitte & Touche LLP in Cardiff for 18 years. Mark held the position of senior manager in the assurance and advisory department, and as well as managing a diversified portfolio of audit clients, including a number of listed companies. Mark was also involved in acquisition due diligence, business plans and advising on flotations. Mark was the Principal Technical Adviser in the Cardiff office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, responsible for the quality control of the offices' output.
Since joining Boomerang, Mark has been responsible for completing and integrating four acquisitions and completing the venture capital funding from Finance Wales, and preparing the Group for admission. Mark also has day to day responsibility for the production management and post production operations of the Group, as well as assisting Huw Davies in the strategic direction of the Group.
Mark graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Mathematics and is a qualified chartered accountant.
Gareth Rees - Executive Director
Gareth joined the Group in 1997 and the Board in 2002. He produces the Boomerang's network output in factual entertainment and entertainment genres. Gareth created and produced the Group's extreme sports output including 'Freesports On 4' which won "best sporting series" award at the 2005 Royal Television Society awards and also a BAFTA Wales award. Through his involvement in extreme sports he is also responsible for producing and managing the international sales and distribution of Group's global surfing series "360 Surfing".
Prior to joining the Group, Gareth was a Rolls Royce Senior Research Assistant at the University of Wales. Gareth studied his PhD in 'Stress and Fatigue in Alloys' at the University of Wales in 1995.
Roger Moore - Non-executive Director
Roger Moore has served on the Board since 2004 providing general commercial advice and support to the executive management and assisting in determining the strategic direction of the Group's business. Alongside this appointment, Roger was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Amethyst Motor Company Limited in 2005, to turn around a loss making motor retailer group.
Previously, Roger was appointed as the Europe Vice President of Finance at Wesley Clover Corporation from 2002 to 2005, during which time Roger was part of an executive team which managed a private fund with a variety of mature technology and real estate investments and a venture capital fund specialising in technology in start up companies. He assisted portfolio companies from early stage development through to eventual exits in the form of a flotation or a trade sale. Roger also spent seven years with Deloitte & Touche LLP working within various functions of the firm, including assurance and advisory, forensic accounting and corporate recovery and corporate finance.
Roger moved to industry first in 2000 as Chief Financial Officer at Ubiquity Software Corporation Limited, where he played a key role in securing an aggregate of £28 million of investments from a variety of financial institutions.
Linda James - Non-executive Director
Linda joined the Board in October 2007. Linda is an entrepreneur and award winning independent producer and executive producer of over 20 drama series, six television movies and eight feature films. Co-founder of Red Rooster Film and Television Entertainment (which she sold to Chrysalis Plc in 1994) and Alibi Communications, she now jointly owns and runs Sly Fox films with director and producer Stephen Bayly.
Linda is on the board of Coolabi plc, the AIM quoted company that owns, assets and their global exploitation through licensing and merchandising and distribution. Linda is also on the board of the UK Film Council's regional film agency, Screen South, and the South East Media Network for the South East Economic Development Agency and is on the investment Committee of the Wales Creative IP Fund. She is also a trustee of the National Film and Television School and chairs the Children’s Film and Television Foundation.
Corporate Governance
The Directors recognise the value and importance of high standards of corporate governance and intend, having regard to the Company’s size and the constitution of the Board, to comply with the main provisions of the Combined Code. The Company also proposes to follow the recommendations on corporate governance of the Quoted Companies Alliance for companies with shares traded on AIM.
Board Committees
The Board has established an Audit Committee, a Remuneration Committee and a Nomination Committee with formally delegated responsibilities.
The Audit Committee is chaired by Roger Moore. Its other member is Linda James. The Audit Committee has primary responsibility for monitoring the quality of internal controls and ensuring that the financial performance of the Company is properly measured and reported on. It receives and reviews reports from the Company's management and auditors relating to the interim and annual accounts and the accounting and internal control systems in use throughout the Group.
View the Audit Committee Terms of Reference (PDF 45kb)
The Remuneration Committee is chaired by Linda James. Its other member is Roger Moore. The Remuneration Committee reviews the performance of the Executive Directors and makes recommendations to the Board on matters relating to their remuneration and terms of employment. The Remuneration Committee also makes recommendations to the Board on proposals for the granting of share options and other equity incentives pursuant to any share option scheme or equity incentive scheme in operation from time to time. The remuneration and terms and conditions of appointment of the non-executive directors of the Company will be set by the Board.
View the Remuneration Committee Terms of Reference (PDF 54kb)
The Nomination Committee is chaired by Roger Moore. Its other member is Linda James. The Nomination Committee is responsible for ensuring that the Board has a formal and transparent appointment procedure and has primary responsibility for reviewing the balance and effectiveness of the Board and identifying the skills needed on the Board and those individuals who might best provide them.
View the Nominations Committee Terms of Reference (PDF 36kb)
The Directors intend to comply, and procure compliance with, Rule 21 of the AIM Rules for Companies relating to dealings by directors and other applicable employees in the Company's securities and, to this end, the Company has adopted an appropriate share dealing code.
