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Zillah Byng-Thorne
British businesswoman (born 1974) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zillah Byng-Thorne (née Byng-Maddick, born November 1974) is a British businesswoman, and chief executive of Dignity Funerals. She is the former CEO of Future plc, an FTSE 250 British media company, since April 2014.[1] She was described by The Guardian in September 2022 as "one of the UK’s most successful media executives."[2]
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Early life
She was born in Cumbernauld in 1974, grew up near Glasgow, and earned a MA in management from University of Glasgow and a MSc in behavioural change from Henley Business School. She is a chartered management accountant and qualified treasurer.[3]
Career
Byng-Thorne qualified as an accountant with Nestlé UK.[4] She later had senior finance roles with GE Capital and HMV, before becoming CFO of Threshers, then finance director of Fitness First.[4]
She was previously CFO of Auto Trader Group.[5][4]
Byng-Thorne joined Future in November 2013 as a part-time chief financial officer (CFO), and became CEO in April 2014.[4][5] In 2021, she earned £8.8 million as chief executive, which included a salary of £575,000, a bonus of £1.15 million and £7.03 million through a performance share plan.[1]
She is a non-executive director of Mecom and Betfair.[4] She was the senior independent non-executive director of online retailer THG[6] until stepping down in September 2022, at the same time as she was appointed as deputy chairman of online reviews site Trustpilot.[2]
Zillah Byng-Thorne became CEO of the Dignity Funerals Group in June 2024.[7][8]
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Personal life
She is married to Max Thorne. She has three sons and two stepsons.[9]
References
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