Board Update
ZOO Digital Group plc announced board changes, appointing Alan Newman as an independent Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair Designate, effective immediately, who will succeed Mickey Kalifa at the FY26 AGM. Gillian Wilmot CBE has stepped down as Chairman, with Nathalie Schwarz, formerly Senior Independent Director, now assuming the Chair role. The company is also seeking to appoint an additional independent director and Remuneration Committee Chair Designate after the FY26 AGM. Alan Newman currently holds no direct interest in the company's ordinary shares.
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ZOO Digital Group plc (AIM: ZOO), the tech-enabled localisation and digital media services partner to the global entertainment industry, provides a further update on changes to the Board.
The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Alan Newman as an independent Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair Designate, with immediate effect. Alan will succeed Mickey Kalifa as Chair of the Audit Committee, when he stands down from the Board at the FY26 AGM, having served a term of nine years.
Alan is an experienced non-executive director, Chief Financial Officer and business adviser, with a specialism in media, technology and knowledge-based businesses. His background combines senior management roles in global businesses including CFO of Ebiquity plc and YouGov plc, with senior consultancy and professional services leadership roles at KPMG and EY. He is currently Audit Committee Chair and Senior Independent Director of Future plc, an international media group.
Further to the announcement of 29 April 2026, Gillian Wilmot CBE, Chairman of the Board, has now stood down as a Director of ZOO with immediate effect and is succeeded as Chair of the Board by Nathalie Schwarz, previously Senior Independent Director.
A search for a further independent director and Remuneration Committee Chair Designate is in progress and the Board expects to appoint this position following the FY26 AGM.
Nathalie Schwarz, Chair of ZOO, said:
"On behalf of the Board and the Company, I would like to welcome Alan to ZOO. He brings a wealth of experience in media, digital and tech-enabled businesses, and will play an important role as we capitalise on emerging opportunities in an evolving marketplace.
"On behalf of the Board I want to thank Gillian for her leadership and contribution to ZOO over nearly seven years, in particular for her role in the scaling of ZOO and more recently in the restructuring of the business to establish a strong platform for sustainable growth."
Mr Alan Philip Stephen Newman (aged 69) is currently or has been a director of the following companies within the past five years:
| Current Directorships | Past Directorships (in the last five years) |
| · Firmdecisions Limited · Future Plc · Home-Start Watford And Three Rivers · Newlawns Limited | · Adtrack Limited · Ammo (Advance Media & Marketing Opportunities) Limited · Axiology Limited · Barsby Rowe Limited · Bcmg Acquisitions Limited · Bcmg Limited · Billett Consulting Limited · Billetts International Limited · Billetts Limited · Billetts Marketing Investment Management Limited · Billetts Marketing Sciences Limited · Billetts Media Consulting Limited · Brief Information Limited · Checking Advertising Services Limited · Data Management Services Group Limited · Digireels Limited · Digital Decisions BV · Ebiquity Asia Pacific Limited · Ebiquity Associates Limited · Ebiquity Canada Inc · Ebiquity Cee Limited · Ebiquity Denmark Aps · Ebiquity Germany GmbH · Ebiquity Holdings Inc · Ebiquity Iberia SLU · Ebiquity Inc · Ebiquity Italy Media Advisor SrL · Ebiquity Marsh Ltd · Ebiquity Plc · Ebiquity Pte Limited · Ebiquity Pty Limited · Ebiquity SAS · Ebiquity Sweden AB · Ebiquity Uk Holdings Limited · Ebiquity Uk Limited · Ebiquity Us Financing Limited · Ebiquity Us Holdings Limited · Ebiquity US Holdings LLC · Fairbrother Lenz Eley Limited · FirmDecisions ASJP LLC · FirmDecisions DMCC · Firmdecisions Group Limited · Fle Holdings Limited · Fouberts Place Subsidiary No.4 Limited · Freshcorp Limited · Freud Museum Enterprises Limited · Media Path Network AB · Press Advertising Register Limited · Prominent Pages Limited · Shots Limited · Telefoto Monitoring Services Limited · The Billett Consultancy Limited · The Communications Trading Company Limited · The Freud Museum London · The Register Group Limited · Worldwide Media Management Limited · Xtreme Information (Usa) Ltd · Xtreme Information Limited · Xtreme Information Services Limited |
Alan currently holds no direct interests in the Company's ordinary shares.
For further information, please contact: ZOO Digital Group plc +44 (0) 114 241 3700 Stuart Green - Chief Executive Officer Robert Pursell - Chief Financial Officer Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Adviser and Broker) +44 (0) 20 7523 8000 Simon Bridges / Harry Gooden / Andrew Potts / George Grainger Vigo Consulting (Financial PR) +44 (0)20 7390 0230 Tim McCall / Rozi Morris / Joe Quinlan zoo@vigoconsulting.com
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