30
April 2024
YouGov plc
("YouGov"
or "the Group" or "the Company")
Directorate
Change
YouGov, the international research
and data analytics group, announces that, in line with the Board's
previously disclosed succession plan, Rosemary Leith has stepped
down from the Board of Directors and as Chair of the Remuneration
Committee with effect from 30 April 2024.
Rosemary was first appointed to the
Board of Directors on 1 February 2015 and has served as Senior
Independent Director (until 31 July 2023) and Chair of the
Remuneration Committee during her tenure. Rosemary is a
Non-Executive Director of Proton AG, Non-Executive Director of
Intermediate Capital Group plc and Chair of the Risk Committee,
Senior Advisor to SandboxAQ and Senior Advisor to PE Motive
Partners/Motive Ventures. She is a co-founding Director of the
World Wide Web Foundation, a Trustee of the National Gallery and a
Fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and
Society.
As previously disclosed, a search is
under way for a new Non-Executive Director. The Board will announce
any further updates to Non-Executive Director roles and
responsibilities once a successor is announced.
Stephan Shakespeare, Chair of the
Board of Directors, commented:
"On behalf of the Board, I'd like to place on record our
appreciation for Rosemary's outstanding contribution to YouGov plc.
We are grateful to have had Rosemary's invaluable support and
expertise on the Board for over nine years and she has played an
instrumental role in YouGov's transformation. We wish Rosemary the
very best for the future."
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About YouGov
YouGov is an international online
research data and analytics technology group.
Our mission is to offer unparalleled
insight into what the world thinks.
Our innovative solutions help the
world's most recognised brands, media owners and agencies to plan,
activate and track their marketing activities better.
With operations in the UK, the
Americas, Europe, the Middle East, India and Asia Pacific, we have
one of the world's largest research networks.
At the core of our platform is an
ever-growing source of consumer data that has been amassed over our
twenty years of operation. We call it Living Data. All of our
products and services draw upon this detailed understanding of our
27+ million registered panel members to deliver accurate,
actionable consumer insights.
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 the most
quoted market research source in the world.
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