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Pearson PLC

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 50

  1. Andrew Peter Bird 2020-2024 Director View profile
  2. Sally Kate Miranda Johnson 2020-2026 Director View profile
  3. Michael Mark Lynton 2018-2021 Director View profile
  4. Lincoln Anthony Wallen 2016-2025 Director View profile
  5. Sidney Taurel 2016-2022 Director View profile
  6. Coram Williams 2015-2020 Director View profile
  7. Timothy Score 2015-2024 Director View profile
  8. Elizabeth Pauline Lucy Corley 2014-2021 Director View profile
  9. Harish Manwani 2013-2018 Director View profile
  10. Linda Koch Lorimer 2013-2023 Director View profile
  11. John Joseph Fallon 2012-2020 Director View profile
  12. Dr Vivienne Cox 2012-2021 Director View profile
  13. Salim Joshua Lewis 2011-2020 Director View profile
  14. Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad 2008-2010 Director View profile
  15. Ethridge, JR, William Thayer 2008-2013 Director View profile
  16. Robin Anthony David Freestone 2006-2015 Director View profile
  17. Thomas David Guy Arculus 2006-2015 Director View profile
  18. Kenneth John Hydon 2006-2015 Director View profile
  19. Glen Richard Moreno 2005-2015 Director View profile
  20. Susan Harriet Fuhrman 2004-2013 Director View profile
  21. Peter William Jovanovich 2002-2005 Director View profile
  22. Rona Alison Fairhead 2002-2013 Director View profile
  23. Patrick Jean Pierre Cescau 2002-2012 Director View profile
  24. Gurvirendra Singh Talwar 2000-2007 Director View profile
  25. Lord Terence Burns 1999-2010 Director View profile
  26. Dame Marjorie Morris Scardino 1997-2012 Director View profile
  27. Sir David John Verey 1996-2000 Director View profile
  28. John Crowther Makinson 1996-2013 Director View profile
  29. Gregory Dyke 1996-1999 Director View profile
  30. Sir David Charles Maurice Bell 1996-2009 Director View profile
  31. Vernon Louis Sankey 1993-2006 Director View profile
  32. Reuben Mark 2006 Director View profile
  33. Lord Henry Dennistoun Stevenson 2005 Director View profile
  34. Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar 1997 Director View profile
  35. Blakenham, Michael John, Viscount 1997 Director View profile
  36. David Michael Veit 1998 Director View profile
  37. Gillian Margaret Lewis 2001 Director View profile
  38. James Anthony Boyd Joll 1996 Director View profile
  39. John Hampton Hale 1993 Director View profile
  40. Frank Barlow 1997 Director View profile
  41. Jean-Claude Haas 1996 Director View profile
  42. Mark William Burrell 1997 Director View profile
  43. Michel Alexandre David-Weill 2000 Director View profile
  44. Sir Simon Michael Hornby 1997 Director View profile
  45. Stephen Andrew Jones 2003-2020 Secretary View profile
  46. Philip Joseph Hoffman 2003-2015 Secretary View profile
  47. Julia Margaret Casson 1999-2003 Secretary View profile
  48. Jane Elizabeth Powney 1999-1999 Secretary View profile
  49. Paul Timothy Burnell Vickers 1997-1999 Secretary View profile
  50. Anette Vendelbo Lawless 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

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Incorporated
12/08/1897

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Pearson PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

50 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

11 directors on the board

3.5y median 3.1y
average tenure
7.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 5Retail and trade 4Professional services 3

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00053723
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/06/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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