Stephen Hill
Biography
Mr Hill is Chairman of the Alzheimer Society, a non-executive director of Applerigg Ltd, an investment holding company, and manages his own family’s investment and philanthropic businesses.
Stephen has extensive board experience having served as an independent director on the boards of Channel Four Television, Royal SunAlliance PLC, Psion plc, Aztec Ltd and IG Group plc in the UK and as Chairman of the Board of Interactive Data Inc in the US. He was also an independent member of the board of OFCOM, the media regulator, from 2014 to 2016.
From 1996 to 2002 he was Chief Executive of the Financial Times Group and a member of the Pearson Management Board, and, prior to that, he had held Managing Director roles at a number of entities within Pearson in a career spanning 15 years. More recently, he was a Senior Adviser at, and Founder of, 3iQPE (Quoted Private Equity) plc, Chief Executive at Betfair Ltd, and CEO in Residence at Permira Partners.
Until 2017, Stephen was Chairman of Action on Hearing Loss, previously the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, and served on the Board of the Cambridge University Judge Business School, where he is now a Patron.
Stephen was awarded an OBE in 2017 for his work in philanthropy, particularly for those with hearing impairment.
Non-executive board member
The main responsibilities of non-executive board members are to:
- attend meetings of the departmental board, chaired by the Secretary of State
- advise on strategy, performance and transformation, operational issues and the effective management of the department
- provide independent scrutiny for the department on request
- work with executives and their teams to continue to improve the performance of the department