Pearson PLC
Company 00053723 Active
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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
- Coutu, Sherry Leigh, Cbe Director · appointed 2019
- Graeme David Pitkethly Director · appointed 2019
- Constantinos Maglaras Director · appointed 2025
- Alison Ann Dolan Director · appointed 2023
- Alexandra Heffron Hardiman Director · appointed 2023
- Arden Mcintyre Hoffman Director · appointed 2025
- Omid Kordestani Director · appointed 2022
- Esther Soo Lee Director · appointed 2022
- Simon Glen Robson Director · appointed 2026
- Omar Paul Abbosh Director · appointed 2024
- Annette Christina Thomas Director · appointed 2021
3.5y median 3.1y
average tenure
7.2y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Coutu, Sherry Leigh, Cbe Director · appointed 2019
- Graeme David Pitkethly Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Constantinos Maglaras Director · appointed 2025
- Alexandra Heffron Hardiman Director · appointed 2023
- Arden Mcintyre Hoffman Director · appointed 2025
- Esther Soo Lee Director · appointed 2022
- Simon Glen Robson Director · appointed 2026
- Omar Paul Abbosh Director · appointed 2024
- Annette Christina Thomas Director · appointed 2021
Portfolio (4)
- Coutu, Sherry Leigh, Cbe Director · appointed 2019
- Graeme David Pitkethly Director · appointed 2019
- Alison Ann Dolan Director · appointed 2023
- Omid Kordestani Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Lincoln Anthony Wallen Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
- Sally Kate Miranda Johnson Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
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.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Marks and Spencer P.L.C. 1 shared director
- Marks and Spencer International Holdings Limited 1 shared director
- Ocado Retail Limited 1 shared director
- Marks and Spencer Group P.L.C. 1 shared director
- Marks & Spencer Simply Foods Limited 1 shared director
- Standard Life PLC 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 00053723 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Public Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 12/08/1897 |
| Address | 80 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 0RL |
| Accounts next due | 30/06/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
58190 - Other publishing activities
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Owns 18 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Education Development International PLC
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Management Services Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Funding PLC
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Dollar Finance Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Real Estate Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Funding TWO Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Overseas Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson International Finance Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Edexcel Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Books Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Testchange Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Services Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Funding Four Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Shared Services Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Nominees Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Education Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Pearson Strand Finance Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-12-01 - Pearson Pension Trustee Services Limited ceased 2023-04-01
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-06-05
Officers (62)
- Simon Glen Robson Director · appointed 2026
- Constantinos Maglaras Director · appointed 2025
- Arden Mcintyre Hoffman Director · appointed 2025
- Omar Paul Abbosh Director · appointed 2024
- Alison Ann Dolan Director · appointed 2023
- Alexandra Heffron Hardiman Director · appointed 2023
- Omid Kordestani Director · appointed 2022
- Esther Soo Lee Director · appointed 2022
- Annette Christina Thomas Director · appointed 2021
- Graeme Stuart Baldwin Secretary · appointed 2020
- Coutu, Sherry Leigh, Cbe Director · appointed 2019
- Graeme David Pitkethly Director · appointed 2019
Show 50 former officers
- Andrew Peter Bird Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2024
- Sally Kate Miranda Johnson Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
- Michael Mark Lynton Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2021
- Lincoln Anthony Wallen Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
- Sidney Taurel Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2022
- Coram Williams Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2020
- Timothy Score Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2024
- Elizabeth Pauline Lucy Corley Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
- Harish Manwani Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
- Linda Koch Lorimer Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2023
- John Joseph Fallon Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2020
- COX, Vivienne, Dr Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2021
- Salim Joshua Lewis Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2020
- Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
- Ethridge, JR, William Thayer Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2013
- Robin Anthony David Freestone Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2015
- Thomas David Guy Arculus Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2015
- Kenneth John Hydon Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2015
- Glen Richard Moreno Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2015
- Susan Harriet Fuhrman Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
- Stephen Andrew Jones Secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2020
- Philip Joseph Hoffman Secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2015
- Peter William Jovanovich Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2005
- Rona Alison Fairhead Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2013
- Patrick Jean Pierre Cescau Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2012
- Gurvirendra Singh Talwar Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2007
- Julia Margaret Casson Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
- Jane Elizabeth Powney Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 1999
- Burns, Terence, Lord Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2010
- Paul Timothy Burnell Vickers Secretary · appointed 1997 · resigned 1999
- Scardino, Marjorie Morris, Dame Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2012
- Verey, David John, Sir Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
- John Crowther Makinson Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2013
- Gregory Dyke Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- Bell, David Charles Maurice, Sir Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2009
- Vernon Louis Sankey Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2006
- Reuben Mark Director · resigned 2006
- Stevenson, Henry Dennistoun, the Lord Director · resigned 2005
- Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar Director · resigned 1997
- Blakenham, Michael John, Viscount Director · resigned 1997
- David Michael Veit Director · resigned 1998
- Anette Vendelbo Lawless Secretary · resigned 1997
- Gillian Margaret Lewis Director · resigned 2001
- James Anthony Boyd Joll Director · resigned 1996
- John Hampton Hale Director · resigned 1993
- Frank Barlow Director · resigned 1997
- Jean-Claude Haas Director · resigned 1996
- Mark William Burrell Director · resigned 1997
- Michel Alexandre David-Weill Director · resigned 2000
- Hornby, Simon Michael, Sir Director · resigned 1997
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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