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RNS Number : 1208Y  YouGov PLC  05 September 2025

5 September 2025

YouGov plc

 

("YouGov" or "the Group" or "the Company")

 

Appointment of Non-Executive Directors

 

YouGov, the international research and data analytics group, announces the
following Independent Non-Executive Director appointments to the Board of
Directors with effect from 5 September 2025.

 

Belinda Richards joins the Board as Senior Independent Director and joins the
Audit & Risk, Remuneration and Nomination Committees. Belinda has
extensive financial and strategy experience from a thirty-year career in
financial services. She was formerly a senior partner at Deloitte LLP
specialising in business operations and strategy development with a particular
focus on the financial services and consumer products sectors. Belinda is
currently Senior Independent Director of the Monks Investment Trust plc and
Olam Food Ingredients UK Limited, and has previously served on the boards of
Phoenix Group Holdings PLC, Avast plc, Schroder Japan Growth Fund plc, WM
Morrison Supermarkets plc and the Youth Sport Trust.

 

Ian Griffiths joins the Board as a Non-Executive Director and joins the Audit
& Risk, Remuneration and Nomination Committees. Ian is currently a
Non-Executive Director on BBC Commercial Ltd, an Independent Non-Executive
Director for Stanley Gibbons Baldwins Ltd and an Independent Adviser to Dojo.
Ian Griffiths was Deputy CEO and CFO of market intelligence agency Kantar from
2020 to 2022. Before that Ian was CFO and COO of ITV plc for more than 10
years and before that CFO of EMAP plc. He was previously a Senior Adviser to
Bain Capital Private Equity (Europe) LLP.

 

Commenting on the appointments, Deborah Davis, Chair, said: "On behalf of the
Board, I am delighted to welcome Belinda and Ian to YouGov. Their appointments
to the Board and its Committees add breadth and depth to our governance
capabilities. With Ian and Belinda's expertise, we are confident that we have
a well-balanced, high-calibre Board supporting the Company's strategic
ambitions."

 

Belinda Richards commented: "I'm delighted to be joining YouGov as Senior
Independent Director and look forward to working with my colleagues on the
Board and in the executive team to help contribute to YouGov's success as a
public company."

 

Ian Griffiths commented: "At this important time in YouGov's journey, I look
forward to bringing my industry experience and financial expertise to the
Board to support our return to strong sustainable growth."

 

Following these appointments, the composition of the Board's Committees is as
noted below:

 

 Audit & Risk Committee      Nomination Committee   Remuneration Committee
 Ashley Martin (Chair)       Deborah Davis (Chair)  Andrea Newman (Chair)
 Ian Griffiths               Shalini Govil-Pai      Deborah Davis
 Belinda Richards            Ian Griffiths          Ian Griffiths
                             Ashley Martin          Ashley Martin
                             Devesh Mishra          Belinda Richards
                             Andrea Newman
                             Belinda Richards

 

Additional Disclosures Required under the AIM Rules for Companies

 

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g)
of the AIM Rules for Companies:

 

Belinda Richards (legal name: Belinda Jane Carew-Jones) (aged 67) is or has
been a Director of the following companies within the past five years:

 

Current Directorships:

 Position                     Organisation
 Senior Independent Director  Olam Food Ingredients U.K. limited
 Senior Independent Director  Monks Investment Trust Plc

 

Past Directorships (within past five years):

 Position                                                       Organisation
 Non-Executive Director                                         The Phoenix Group Holdings Plc
 Non-Executive Director and Chair, Audit & Risk Committees      Schroder Japan Growth Fund Plc
 Non-Executive Director and Chair, Audit & Risk Committee       Avast Plc
 Non-Executive Director and Chair, Audit Committee              Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc
 Non-Executive Director and Chair, Audit Committee              Youth Sport Trust

 

Ian Griffiths (aged 58) is or has been a Director of the following companies
within the past five years:

 

Current Directorships:

 Position                                                      Organisation
 Non-Executive Director and Chair, Audit & Risk Committee      BBC Commercial Limited
 Non-Executive Director                                        Stanley Gibbons Baldwins Limited
 Advisor                                                       Paymentsense Limited

 

Past Directorships (within past five years):

 Position                                            Organisation
 Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive  Kantar Group of Companies

 

 

In respect of Belinda and Ian, no other information is required to be
disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for
Companies.

 

Enquiries

 YouGov plc

 Tilly Heald, Company Secretary                                       020 7012 6000

 Hannah Jethwani, Head of Corporate Strategy & IR

 FTI Consulting

 Charles Palmer / Dwight Burden / Valerija Cymbal / Jemima Gurney     020 3727 1000

 J.P. Morgan Cazenove (NOMAD and Joint Broker)

 Bill Hutchings / James Summer                                        020 3493 8000

 Berenberg (Joint Broker)

 Mark Whitmore / Richard Andrews / Smruthya Ganeshram                 020 3207 7800

 Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc (Joint Broker)                020 7425 8000

 Andrew Foster / Josh Williams / Ed Phillips

 

 

 

 

About YouGov

 

YouGov is a global research data, and analytics group.

 

Our mission is to offer unparalleled insight into what the world really thinks
and does. With operations in the US, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East,
India and Asia Pacific, we have one of the world's largest research
networks.

 

Above all, YouGov is powered by reality. That stems from a unique panel of
millions of registered members across 55 countries, encapsulating some 18
million shopping trips and millions of interconnected data points.

 

Our unique approach to recruiting and engaging with our panel, combined with
our state-of-the-art technology platforms, enables us to deliver real-world,
real-time insights that lead to better decision-making and a competitive
advantage for our clients.

 

As innovators and pioneers of online market research, we have a strong
reputation as a trusted source of accurate data and insights. Testament to
this, YouGov data is regularly referenced by the global press, and we are
consistently one of the most quoted market research sources in the world.

 

YouGov /Research Reality

 

For further information, visit business.yougov.com
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