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.

Jeremy Duckworth

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.

Brian Freeman

DIRECTOR

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.

The Rt Hon the Lord Heseltine CH

DIRECTOR

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

DIRECTOR

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.

Jane Macken

MANAGING DIRECTOR, HAYMARKET BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

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.

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

In 2007 she set up a new division of the business to pull together all the non print publishing activities to drive new revenue streams, grow specialist skills and put an infrastructure in place to support the business. This included Haymarket Events (awards, forums, conferences) Hbi (digital delivery), Data Operations (subscriptions, circulation, directories data and Haymarket Direct).

In July 2011, Jane was promoted to managing director of HBM, responsible for the division's market leading portfolio of specialist magazines, web brands, data and information businesses, conferences and events including Campaign, Windpower Monthly, ENDS, Brand Republic and Media 360.

Tim Waldron

DIRECTOR

Tim joined Haymarket in 1989 as a classified sales executive on Direction magazine, quickly moving to Campaign as recruitment sales manager the following year.

In 1993, he joined Conference & Incentive Travel, leaving the title in 2000 to move to Singapore to be the launch publisher of CEI Asia Pacific.

In 2001, he took up the role of managing director of Haymarket’s Asian business titles based in Hong Kong, with responsibility for all Haymarket’s Asian print products, websites, conference and awards. In addition to this role, he took responsibility in 2007 for Haymarket’s China consumer publishing division.

Haymarket currently employs 140 staff in Asia with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou and publish Asian Investor, Autocar China, CEI Asia Pacific, Digital Media, Finance Asia, Media and Stuff China.

His personal interests include skiing and sailing.