Bonhill Group
BONH:LN
Overview
Company Profile
Bonhill Group plc is a leading B2B media company providing Business Information, Live Events and Data & Insight propositions to international Technology, Financial Services and Diversity Business Communities.
Bonhill is located between the City of London, one of the world’s great financial centres, and the East London Tech City, the UK’s leading technology hub.
Classification
Financials
Corporate
Board of Directors
Neil Sachdev
Non-Executive Chairman
Neil Sachdev MBE is an experienced Chairman with a strong track record of corporate governance, strategy and change management. He is Chairman of Sirius Real Estate Limited (until the end of December 2017) and of Martin’s Properties Limited and was Chairman of Market Tech Holdings Limited until June 2017 and stepped down as a Non-Executive Director of Intu Properties plc (formerly Capital Shopping Centres) during 2016 after ten years’ service. Previously, Neil held the post of Group Property Director of J Sainsbury and before that served for 28 years with Tesco, where he rose to be Stores Board Director, responsible for property and operations for the entire UK business. He also holds a number of public sector positions and was awarded an MBE for his work in relation to Energy Efficiency & Sustainability in the Retail sector. Mr Sachdev is currently the Chair of the Advisory Board of Warwick Business School.
Simon Stilwell
Chief Executive
Simon was, until 2015, chief executive of Liberum, the investment bank that he co-founded in 2007 and grew from a start up to £55m of revenue and 170 people in seven profitable years. Prior to Liberum, he served as head of sales, small companies, at Collins Stewart plc and was also a director at Beeson Gregory Limited. Simon was commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1992 and served in a variety of countries and roles before starting his City career in 1996. He graduated with a BSc in Geological Sciences from Durham University.
Niki Dowdall
MD - Events & Marketing
Niki Dowdall MD - Events & Marketing Niki leads Bonhill Group’s expanding events business and is involved at every level from launch to delivery, including sales, marketing, logistics and content. She is also an executive director for the company, sitting on its board. Niki has over 30 years of experience in the events industry. Prior to joining Bonhill Group in 2006, she was group show director at DMG World Media, running events visited by half a million people, such as the Daily Mail Ski and Snowboard Show and the Daily Mail Ideal Home Show.
David Brown
Group Finance Director
David joined Bonhill Group in May 2018 as the Group Finance Director. David originally qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG before joining Greene King plc in 1998. At Greene King plc he held a number of senior executive roles focusing on finance and acquisitions including Interim Group Finance Director between February and October 2014 and then subsequently Corporate Finance Director. Most recently he was Chief Financial Officer of Market Tech Holdings Limited from March 2016 until its acquisition by LabTech investments Limited a deal which resulted in the company de-listing in July 2017.
Anne Donoghue
Non-Executive Director
Anne started her career in 1978 at Co-operative Bank before joining NatWest in 1997. During her time at NatWest Anne held a major operational and integration delivery role as Head of Telephony Customer Services. Between 2004 and 2010 Anne was International Director at Tesco Personal Finance PLC, the finance Joint Venture between RBS and Tesco PLC. Recently Anne has been involved in commercial and charitable events management including the City A.M. Active Trader conferences and annual Awards 2013, the Brand Finance Global Forum 2015 and 2016. In addition, within the charity sector the Soldiering On Awards, Square Mile Salute charity fundraiser, and City of London Livery and Guild.
Fraser Gray
Non-Executive Director
Fraser Gray BSc is an ICAS chartered accountant, licensed insolvency practitioner and accredited mediator and sits on a number of advisory boards. He is experienced in a wide variety of corporate activity supporting SME companies on growth and strategic matters. Fraser was a Managing Director at AlixPartners in London until December 2016 following its acquisition of Zolfo Cooper Europe in February 2015. Fraser became a founding partner of Zolfo Cooper Europe in October 2008, which was set up to acquire Kroll Corporate Advisory & Restructuring Group where Fraser had worked since October 1996 and was a partner and leader of the Scottish practice. Fraser is also a Non-Executive Director of Maven Income and Growth VCT 6 PLC.