The Rt Hon the Lord Heseltine CH

CHAIRMAN

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.

Rupert Heseltine

DEPUTY 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.

Mark Gibson

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mark Gibson is the Chief Executive of The Whitehall & Industry Group, a position he has held since 2009.  WIG is the only organisation which exists solely to bring business and Whitehall closer together.  

Mark joined the Civil Service in 1974 and worked in the Department of Trade and Industry, the Treasury and Cabinet Office.

He became a Director General at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) in 2000, with responsibility for enterprise and innovation.  Between 2000 and 2009 he led on major reviews of the Department’s structure and business support and its relations with most sectors of business, such as aerospace, automotive and IT.

Mark was a member of the Technology Strategy Board between 2004 and 2006.

He is also Chair of the East End Community Foundation, a charity helping the underprivileged in East London and a member of the Business Advisory Board of Nottingham University’s Chemistry Department.

 

 

Kevin Costello

DIRECTOR

Kevin Costello is chief executive of Haymarket Media Group.

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 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, Hong Kong and US divisions.

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.

Lord Levene

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Lord Levene of Portsoken KBE is chairman of Starr Underwriting Agents Ltd  

Peter Levene has enjoyed a long and varied career in business, government and banking. Most recently, he served as chairman of Lloyd’s for nine years and before that, he was vice chairman of Deutsche Bank. Prior to this, he was chairman of Bankers Trust International and was formerly with Morgan Stanley and Wasserstein Perella. He started his career in the defence industry.

Subsequently, he was asked by Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine to act as personal advisor in the Ministry of Defence, and later as Permanent Secretary in the role of Chief of Defence Procurement for six years.

He then held a number of Government posts and was appointed as Advisor to the Prime Minister on Efficiency and Effectiveness from 1992 to 1997. During this period, he also served as chairman of Docklands Light Railway and then chairman and chief executive of Canary Wharf Ltd.

He served as Lord Mayor of London for the year 1998-99.

He received a knighthood in 1989 and became a life peer in July 1997. He is also non-executive chairman of General Dynamics UK Limited, a non-executive director of Eurotunnel SA and a member of the House of Lords Select Committee for Economic Affairs.

 

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.