Jeremy Vaughan

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Jeremy Vaughan joined Haymarket as a classified sales executive on Classic & Sports Car in 1987, moving to the motoring trade division in 1988 on Car & Accessory Trader before becoming group production manager in 1989.

He became publisher of Classic & Sports Car in 1993 and publishing director of Haymarket Specialist Publications in 1994, responsible for Classic & Sports Car, Autosport and all overseas circulation and licenses developments.

Jeremy launched F1 Racing in early 1996, before moving over to publish Autocar and What Car? later in the year. He returned to Haymarket Specialist Publications in 1997, moving to Hong Kong in 1998 as general manager of SCMP Haymarket Publishing, which published IT, motoring, sport and women’s titles.

In 1999 he was appointed CEO of Haymarket Worldwide Asia and director of Haymarket Worldwide. He launched Autocar India in 1999, Autocar and Stuff China in 2002 and set up regional bases, licenses, joint ventures and strategic acquisitions.

He moved his base to Singapore later in the year, and headed up the local Haymarket joint venture business. In 2003 Jeremy was appointed managing director of Haymarket Media & Events Australia, which publishes PC Authority, FourFourTwo, Atomic, CRN, plus events, interactive and custom publishing businesses.

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

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.

Malcolm Franklin

FINANCE DIRECTOR

Malcolm joined Haymarket in 1969 as management accountant and during the 1970s and 80s he communicated trading results to the board and management, and provided critique on brand performance as well as research for new products.

From the late 80s he concentrated on the group’s early investments in Europe and the US, monitoring performance for local management and the board. At the same time he headed Haymarket’s investments in local commercial radio and was instrumental in local radio station mergers into a listed radio group that was subsequently sold to Capital Radio.

Over the past 10 years he has spent much of his time in evaluation, contract negotiation and due diligence for Haymarket’s international expansion in the US, Hong Kong and, from 2004, in Australia.

Since Haymarket’s acquisition of AJB Publications, he has been finance director for Haymarket Australia in Sydney, and worked to integrate the company with Haymarket’s local events business to convert it into a successful and growing cross-media communications business.

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.