Duncan joined Emap in October 2011. Prior to this he was at Sky IQ, a subsidiary of BSkyB, for two years. His previous roles include Global Product Leader at Experian Marketing Services, Chief Executive Officer of consumer intelligence company ClarityBlue and European Systems Integration Director for Hitachi Data Systems. Duncan has extensive experience of leading successful B2B and data companies.
Malcolm joined Emap in 1981 and following his appointment as Editor of Motor Cycle News in 1986, he successfully relaunched the title and reversed six years of decline. He was appointed Publisher in 1989, and two years later Managing Director of Emap Nationals. Malcolm became Group Managing Director of Emap’s specialist consumer Division in 1998. He was appointed CEO of the Emap Automotive Network in 2001, before moving to Emap’s Business Division in 2002 as Group Managing Director. In January 2007, Malcolm became responsible for all of Emap Connect’s mixed-media Retail portfolio and in June 2008, became CEO of Emap Connect. In November 2011 Malcolm was appointed Deputy CEO of Emap.
John joined Emap in December 2011 and is responsible for finance and treasury activities, together with IT, procurement and legal services. Previously he was Commercial Director at SkyIQ and has held roles of CFO at Precise Media Group and Finance Director for Experian Integrated Marketing. John is an established finance leader in both corporate and private-equity backed organisations, operating in the data, information services and media sectors.
Lara joined Emap in 2007 as Strategy Director, B2B. She moved to Dubai in 2009 as COO of EME, focusing on developing the business’ digital assets and high value information products. Prior to Emap, Lara was responsible for growth and acquisition strategy for CPA Global, a leading international legal services provider. She developed her digital and e-commerce experience at the Financial Times and working on MasterCard’s electronic payment applications. Lara began her career as a strategy consultant and has an MBA from INSEAD.
Mark has been a key figure in the international events industry for over 20 years, heading up two of the fastest growing companies in that time and operating across multiple markets and industry sectors. He was one of the founders of ITE in the early 1990’s and was managing director from 1995 to 1998 and then chief executive officer upon flotation to the London stock exchange. He then co-founded Expomedia Group, which was floated on the Alternative Investment Market in December 2001. In 2009 Mark was involved in establishing Expofund and an Operating Partner with Advent International. Mark joined Emap in November 2011 as Group Managing Director, Emap Connect.
Colette joined Emap in 2009. She has worked in the conference business since 1993 within ICBI, a division of Informa plc, as General Manager. During her career, she has launched and grown large scale, profitable conferences all over the world, many of which have become the market leading events in their sectors. In 2007 Colette won Informa's Global Employee Of The Year award.
Rupert has worked in information businesses since 1996, joining Reed Travel Group as Sales Director. During his six years he developed international sales teams, lead the profitable growth of digital products and ran operations across mainland Europe. Moving to CAP Motor Research (Emap) in 2002 he launched new product, service and CRM initiatives, built the customer centric management team and under his leadership, profitably grew the business by 50%. In March 2008 he was appointed CEO Insight to drive the growth of the data business portfolio
Natasha has been in media for 17 years and at Emap for 11 years. She started in consumer magazines, working on women's magazines such as Elle, Red and Heat. From there she moved to B2B media initially as Publishing Director of Drapers, the fashion retail industry bible. Becoming Managing Director of the Retail portfolio in 2007, Natasha oversaw Drapers, Retail Jeweller, Retail Solutions, Professional Beauty and the pan-retail multi platform brand Retail Week, whose portfolio includes awards, conferences and exhibitions. Natasha added the Built Environment business to her portfolio in 2008 including market leading brands Architects Journal, New Civil Engineer and Construction News.
Julie joined Emap in September 1997 as MD of WGSN APAC where she spent four years running teams across 15 countries before being appointed Global Managing Director in November 2011. Prior to WGSN, Julie was General Manager of Hachette Filipacchi. Before this she spent 10 years at Emap in the Consumer Division where she enjoyed several roles including Commercial Director of the Women’s Youth and Leisure titles; Publishing Director of the ELLE Brands; Global Commercial Director of Emap Digital and Deputy MD of the Women’s Magazine Division. Julie started her career in newspapers at News International as an Advertising Sales Exec, rising to be a Group Head of the newspaper supplements at just 24 years old.
Prior to Emap's acquisition by Apax and GMG, Tracey had worked as Group HR Director at Emap Plc, leading the people elements of the strategic review process and eventual sale of the different Emap businesses. She started her career in HR and Development 14 years ago as HR Manager for a joint venture distribution company, Frontline Limited. Since then she has held various roles, ranging from HR Director in B2B, to several lead project roles on business change and developing organisational capability.
Rebecca joined Emap in November 2011 as Marketing Director for the global business. Prior to this she was at Experian for eight years and held leadership roles within UK Marketing and business line Sales. She set up the UK Marketing Operations function, launched a range of digital and e-commerce platforms, whilst developing and executing new direct and partner sales strategies. Over a 10 year period in New Zealand Rebecca worked in marketing and sales roles for Mobil Oil and ICI Dulux. She is passionate about driving profitable growth through improving customer engagement and satisfaction.
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