Rupert Heseltine

CHAIRMAN

Rupert Heseltine is executive chairman of Haymarket Media Group.

He began his publishing career in Australia in 1989, working for Peter Isaacson Publications. On his return to the UK he joined Maxwell Business Communications.

In 1994, Rupert joined Haymarket, first working on BBC Gardeners’ World Live, then going on to Car Hi-Fi in the consumer magazines division. He followed the title to Wilmington where he went on to work with Wine & Spirit International before returning to Haymarket for the launch of SkySports.

He worked on the launch of Revolution, then became advertising director for PRWeek. He was one of the launch team for the US edition of the title, spending a year and a half in New York before returning to the UK as associate publisher of the newly acquired Gramophone.

Rupert was appointed publisher of What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision and oversaw the launch of the Daily Telegraph’s Your Money magazine.

In 2001, he became a director of Haymarket Group, the shareholders’ company chaired by Lord Heseltine, and joined the boards of Haymarket Magazines and Haymarket Business.

In 2004, he was appointed deputy chairman of Haymarket Exhibitions. In 2005 he was made deputy chairman of Haymarket Group. He was appointed to the management board of the Federation of Periodical Publishers (FIPP) in 2009.

In recent years Rupert’s primary focus has been the development of the Indian business and Haymarket’s digital presence.

The Rt Hon the Lord Heseltine CH

CHAIRMAN, HAYMARKET GROUP BOARD

Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine was born in 1933. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he read politics, philosophy and economics.

In 1957, Michael founded Haymarket, which is now one of the largest independent magazine companies in the country with extensive interests overseas.

He was a Member of the Parliament in Britain from 1966 to 2001, and a Cabinet Minister in various departments between 1979 and 1986 and between 1990 and 1997. He was Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 1997.

Lord Heseltine then rejoined the Haymarket Board of Directors on leaving Government in 1997, and became chairman of the Haymarket Group in March 1999 on the retirement of Lindsay Masters.

His first book, Where There’s a Will, was published in March 1987 and his second, The Challenge of Europe: Can Britain Win?, in May 1989. His political autobiography, Life in the Jungle, appeared in September 2000.

Among other awards, he has been presented with the Publicity Club of London Cup (2005), National Business Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award (2005), and the PPA Marcus Morris Award, which recognises an exceptional career and outstanding contribution to the UK magazine industry (2003).

He is also a Fellow of the 48 Group Club, in recognition of outstanding contribution to relations with China (2003), Gold Medallist of the Institute of Sheet Metal Engineering (1999) and the Institute of Public Relations’ Presidents Medal (1998). He was made Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1991.

Lord Heseltine is also an enthusiastic gardener and has created an arboretum to house his collection of over 3000 different trees and shrubs.

Nicolas Bogs

DIRECTOR

Nic Bogs joined Haymarket in 2000 as managing director of the German operation. The company has now 15 titles, more than 100 staff and a turnover of more than 15 million euros.

He holds a diploma from an American and a German high school. After graduating from the University of Hamburg (economics) he wrote his PhD thesis on Advertising Agencies in the Media Market. Before joining Haymarket, he spent more than 10 years in business media with major German media groups, starting as advertising sales manager. Nic also worked as a radio business journalist for more than five years.

Nic is a passionate skier, a long-distance runner and an active member of the Rotary Club Hamburg. Together with his wife and his daughter he lives in Hamburg, Germany.

Kevin Costello

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Kevin Costello is chief executive of Haymarket Media Group for the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, and chairman of Haymarket Network.

After graduating in 1987, Kevin joined Reed Business Publishing as a sales executive. He moved to Bartlett Advertising in 1990, where he spent four years in a range of roles including media buying, planning and new business development.

He joined Haymarket in January 1994 as business development manager in its business-to-business division. After a period running the sales operation across a portfolio of weekly trade titles, he moved into Haymarket’s consumer division.

He then became managing director and chairman of Haymarket Consumer Media, with a portfolio of market-leading consumer brands in sectors as diverse as sport, classical music and technology.

Kevin has overseen the growth of Haymarket Network, which is now one of the top five customer publishing agencies in the UK.

In January 2010, Kevin was promoted to chief executive of Haymarket Media Group, responsible for the UK as well the Australian, German, Indian and Hong Kong subsidiaries.

Additionally, he is chairman of Frontline, the UK’s market-leading sales and marketing magazine distribution company and a non-executive director of Wanderlust Ltd.

Kevin is married to Alison, has two children and is a self-proclaimed sports junkie. When not on the sidelines supporting his children he can be found at Old Trafford supporting his beloved Manchester United.

Jeremy Duckworth

FINANCE DIRECTOR

Jeremy Duckworth joined Haymarket in 2005 as group finance director and successor to David Fraser, who retired after 37 years with the company.

After qualifying as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse, Jeremy gained considerable experience of the media world in investment banking roles over 13 years with both BZW and UBS.

He joined Haymarket from the Williams F1 Racing Team, where he was responsible for improving the financial performance of the company as it faced the challenges of the F1 industry.

Jeremy is married and has three children. His interests include golf and sailing.

David Fraser

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

David Fraser is a non executive director of Haymarket Group Limited and the main operating boards throughout the group.

After qualifying as a chartered accountant, David’s early career was with KPMG and the International Publishing Corporation (IPC).

In 1968, he joined Michael Heseltine as Haymarket’s financial controller, rapidly joining the board as finance director.

Since that time, the company’s turnover has risen from £2 million to £200 million.

He remained one of the three core directors responsible for Haymarket’s growth while Michael Heseltine served in Government, and oversaw the company’s financial development for 37 years, playing a key role in all aspects of the Group’s expansion.

David retired as group finance director in February 2005 with the appointment of Jeremy Duckworth as his successor.

Brian Freeman

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Brian Freeman, FCMA, joined Haymarket as a management accountant in 1989, having worked at KPMG after graduating from Exeter University.

He became head of management accounts for Haymarket Consumer Media, joining the boards of subsidiary groups in 1994 and became a director of Haymarket Consumer Media in 1995.

He joined the board of Haymarket Media Group in 2000.

He has played a key role in setting up Haymarket’s overseas operations, and now sits as a director on the boards of most of the company’s overseas subsidiaries.

Patrick Fuller

DIRECTOR

Patrick Fuller is responsible for Haymarket’s motoring and motorsport businesses. The two divisions’ award-winning brands include What Car?, Autocar, PistonHeads, Autosport, Classic & Sports Car, F1 Racing and CAT, and generate a global print and online audience of more than eight million readers a month.

Patrick has been a publisher for eight years, working in the group’s motoring and motorsport businesses. He joined Haymarket as a journalist in 1993, working as a sub-editor on Autocar and then moving to What Car? as deputy editor. In 1997 he became editor of Autocar and produced 175 issues before becoming publisher.

Patrick graduated with an English degree from Cambridge University and spent six months selling classified advertising space before training as a journalist at a local newspaper in Kent, where he gained his NCTJ qualification and met his future wife. They now have six children. His interests include cars, football… and arguing with teenagers.

Jane Macken

DIRECTOR

Jane Macken joined Haymarket in 1988 as a sales executive on Campaign magazine.

In 1992, she became advertisement manager of Management Today, before re-joining Campaign as sales director in 1996. From there, she became publishing director and later managing director of Campaign publications and a Haymarket Business Media (HBM) board director.

Since 2003, Jane has been managing director of Haymarket Business Solutions, a division of HBM, which comprises all HBM non-magazine and brand extension activity including events, circulation, directories, online, and Brand Republic.

Lee Maniscalco

CEO, HAYMARKET MEDICAL

Lee joined Haymarket in February 2001 as CEO of the US medical division, after 17 years with Thomson’s Medical Economics Company.

Within a 7-year period Lee transformed the Haymarket US medical business from a $5 million, 16-person operation to a $48 million, 110-person enterprise, the result of a growth plan combining strategic acquisitions, organic development, and enhancements in operational management.

After successfully completing the acquisitions of three publishing titles, Lee was the catalyst behind the launch of a new business unit, providing a wide range of continuing medical education and custom communications programs for health-care professionals. This business has become the fastest growing segment of Haymarket’s US operations, with 30 unique product offerings reaching 10 therapeutic categories representing all top-tier pharmaceutical companies.

Lee has also orchestrated the growth of the Monthly Prescribing Reference, Haymarket’s flagship publication in the US, from $5 million to $18 million in annual revenues, introducing brand extensions and branching out with digital, handheld, web, and desktop offerings.

In July 2011 Lee was promoted to Chairman and CEO of Haymarket operations throughout the US, responsible for all activities in the medical, business media, and motorsport industries. These publications encompass 15 brands with titles ranging from PRWeek (US) and Direct Marketing News to SC (Secure Computing) and SportsCar. In addition, Lee heads up all global medical publishing initiatives.

Lee was appointed to the Haymarket Media Group Board in 2008. He is an active member of many industry associations, including the Association of Business Media (ABM) and the Association of Medical Media (AMM).

Lee enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters, coaching youth sports, playing golf, and reading.

Bob McDowell

DIRECTOR

Bob McDowell has been a member of the Haymarket family since he was employed as an Autocar classified sales executive in 1988.

Bob was swiftly promoted to group ad manager, publisher and then publishing director across Autocar and What Car?

In 2003, he became publishing director for Haymarket Consumer Media (HCM), shortly followed by his appointment as HCM’s circulation director.

Bob became Consumer Media’s strategy and planning director in January 2007. In this role, he is responsible for the marketing strategies of Stuff, Stuff.tv, What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision, Classic & Sports Car, Practical Caravan, Practical Motorhome, caravan-sitefinder.co.uk, Gramophone, Car & Accessory Trader and FourFourTwo, as well as having strategic input to all Haymarket Consumer Media’s brands.

He also heads Haymarket’s Business Intelligence Unit.

David Prasher

DIRECTOR

David Prasher, managing director of Haymarket Consumer Media, joined the company fresh out of the London School of Economics in 1991 as a classified sales executive for Autocar magazine.

He gained experience in various display roles on the Motoring titles before becoming the advertising manager of What Car?, and then group advertising manager in 1997. Three years later, David became the publisher of Classic & Sports Car and Motorsport News. The extra responsibility of looking after Autosport and autosport.com followed soon after. He became sales director of the Motoring Division in 2003 and was promoted onto the Haymarket Consumer Media board in 2007.

David sits on the Periodical Publisher’s Association (PPA) marketing board and Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) Leadership Council.

David is a huge sports fan (if no longer a participant) and is married with three young children.

Simon Tindall

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Simon Tindall joined the company in 1959 after a spell in market research at an advertising agency, following National Service.

He began as a salesman on careers directories, becoming ad manager and later publisher. As the company grew, he founded the consumer publishing division in 1966, with titles covering the hi-fi, motorsport, photographic and caravan markets, among others.

He became managing director in 1970 and in the early 70s was responsible for the consumer and medical groups, launching What Car? with Simon Taylor and relaunching GP as a glossy weekly.

He became group managing director in 1975, and in 1984 he consolidated Haymarket’s position in motoring publishing when he negotiated the acquisition of Autocar, with Eric Verdon-Roe, and of Motor, its rival weekly, four years later.

He established the US publishing subsidiary in 1985 by launching an American edition of MIMS. Under the title Monthly Prescribing Reference it is now the most used drug reference by US primary care doctors. In 1988 he forged the partnership with Emap from which grew the Frontline joint venture, which, with the subsequent addition of BBC magazines, became the UK's largest magazine distributor.

He was also responsible, with Peter Osborne, for the establishment in 1991 of the exhibitions group, which included a joint venture with the BBC. This group now attracts more consumer visitors each year than any other exhibition company.

He became chairman and group managing director of the operating group board in 1999, stepping down as managing director in 2001 and retiring as chairman in 2006.