Zillah Byng-Thorne

Zillah was appointed as Chief Executive on 1 April 2014. She joined Future in November 2013 as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. Prior to her appointment to the Future plc Board, she was CFO of Trader Media Group – owner of Auto Trader – from 2009 to 2012, and interim CEO of Trader Media from 2012 to 2013. Before this, Zillah was Commercial Director and CFO at Fitness First Limited and Chief Financial Officer of the Thresher Group. Zillah is currently a non-executive Director of Paddy Power Betfair plc and Gocompare.com Group plc. Zillah is a qualified accountant and corporate treasurer.