WPP Appoints Tom Ilube CBE to the Board
October 05 2020 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
WPP (NYSE: WPP) today announces the appointment of Tom Ilube CBE
to its Board as an independent Non-Executive Director with
immediate effect.
Tom is a technology entrepreneur and educational philanthropist.
He is the founder and CEO of AIM-listed Crossword Cybersecurity
Plc, a technology commercialisation company focused on the cyber
security sector and has previously founded several other technology
start-ups. He is a Non-Executive Director of the BBC, where he
serves on the audit and risk committee and chairs the fair-trading
committee. He is also responsible for protected disclosures across
the BBC, chairs the diversity and inclusion advisory group, and
recently supported the appointment process for the new
Director-General.
From 2010 to 2014, Tom was Managing Director of Consumer Markets
at Callcredit Information Group, the private equity-backed UK
credit reference agency. Whilst at Callcredit, Tom founded Noddle,
a credit reporting service that eventually grew to four million
users and was acquired by US-based Credit Karma in 2018. Prior to
Callcredit, Tom founded and was CEO of Garlik, a venture
capital-backed identity protection company, sold to Experian in
2011.
In the early 2000s, Tom served as Chief Information Officer of
Egg Banking plc, the UK’s first internet bank, and his 30-year
career in the UK technology sector also includes roles at
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Goldman Sachs and the London Stock
Exchange. He chaired the UK Government Technology Strategy Board’s
Network Security Innovation panel, and was a member of the
High-Level Expert Group on Cyber Security at the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU), a Geneva-based UN agency.
In his education work, Tom is the founder and Chair of the
African Gifted Foundation, a programme for exceptionally gifted
African children, which launched the African Science Academy, the
continent’s first all-girls science and maths school. He was made a
Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by City, University of London and
an Honorary Doctor of Technology by the University of
Wolverhampton, and received his CBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours
for services to technology and philanthropy. He is an Honorary
Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford and an Advisory Fellow at St Anne’s
College. He also served as Chair of Ada, the UK’s National College
for Digital Skills, and was the founding Chair of Governors of
Hammersmith Academy. In 2017 Tom topped the Powerlist ranking of
the most influential people of African or African Caribbean
heritage in the UK.
Commenting on the appointment, Roberto Quarta, Chairman of WPP,
said: “We are delighted to welcome Tom to the Board of WPP. He
brings tremendous depth and breadth of experience across the worlds
of technology, business, media, entrepreneurship, education and
philanthropy, and we look forward to his contribution as the
Company continues its transformation.”
Tom Ilube said: “Under its new management team, WPP has become a
leader not only in creative services but also the provision of
technology solutions for clients, so it’s an exciting time to join
the Company. I look forward to working with the Board and executive
leadership as WPP evolves its offer and delivers its strategy to
grow the business, and to contributing to discussions around
diversity at the Company and across the industry.”
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Balbir Kelly-Bisla Company Secretary 5 October 2020
Notes
1. Fees: As Non-Executive Director of WPP plc, Tom Ilube will
receive standard annual fees of £85,000 per annum.
2. The Board has determined that Tom Ilube will be an
independent Non-Executive Director, in accordance with the UK
Corporate Governance Code.
3. The Company confirms there are no other disclosures which are
required to be made in accordance with LR 9.6.13R.
About WPP
WPP is a creative transformation company. We use the power of
creativity to build better futures for our people, clients and
communities. For more information, visit www.wpp.com.
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