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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 41

  1. Motohiro Matsumoto 2020–2022 Director View profile
  2. Kathleen Mary O'Riordan 2019–2021 Director View profile
  3. Caspar De Bono 2016–2019 Director View profile
  4. Hirotomo Nomura 2016–2020 Director View profile
  5. Benjamin Mark Hughes 2013–2016 Director View profile
  6. Anastasios Viglatzis 2013–2015 Director View profile
  7. Cathy Coggins O'Brien 2012–2013 Director View profile
  8. Louisa Sachiko Burdett 2008–2012 Director View profile
  9. Timothy Scott Henderson 2007–2013 Director View profile
  10. Rona Alison Fairhead 2006–2013 Director View profile
  11. John Joseph Ridding 2006–2025 Director View profile
  12. Franklin Lionel Barber 2006–2020 Director View profile
  13. Katherine Therese Koch 2005–2008 Director View profile
  14. Nicholas Charles Crawshaw 2004–2005 Director View profile
  15. David Howard Munns 2002–2004 Director View profile
  16. Andrew Richard David Gowers 2001–2005 Director View profile
  17. Giles Richard Lovell Spackman 2000–2002 Director View profile
  18. Olivier Henri Fleurot 1999–2006 Director View profile
  19. John Gordon Davis 1998–2000 Director View profile
  20. Richard Stuart Leishman 1998–1999 Director View profile
  21. Frank Barlow 1996–1997 Director View profile
  22. Stephen Guy Hill 1996–2002 Director View profile
  23. John Crowther Makinson 1994–1996 Director View profile
  24. Frederick James Perkins 1994–1994 Director View profile
  25. David Sorrell Gordon 1993 Director View profile
  26. Honourable William Knatchbull Gibson 1994 Director View profile
  27. Alan Charles Miller 2011 Director View profile
  28. Blakenham, Michael John, Viscount 1993 Director View profile
  29. Sir Richard Peter Lambert 2001 Director View profile
  30. Richard Arthur Francis Mcclean 1993 Director View profile
  31. David Erroll Prior Palmer 1993 Director View profile
  32. Sir David Charles Maurice Bell 2009 Director View profile
  33. Gilles Jean Paul Brochen 1996 Director View profile
  34. Elaine Richardson 2010–2011 Secretary View profile
  35. Anne Lister 2008–2009 Secretary View profile
  36. Sarah Nicole Robinson 1999–2003 Secretary View profile
  37. Graham Leach 1997–1999 Secretary View profile
  38. Martin Wright Creasey 1997–1997 Secretary View profile
  39. Andrew Mark Daw 1996–1997 Secretary View profile
  40. David James Hall 1995–1996 Secretary View profile
  41. David Blacknell 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
18/05/1966

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Financial Times Group Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

25 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 for researchers

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.

5 directors on the board

5.8y median 4.7y
average tenure
12.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (5)

0
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.

Tech and media 10Professional services 6Finance 4Education 3Dormant 1Manufacturing 1

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
00879531
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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