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 The Wilmington Board has extensive experience in the profitable development of information and media assets.
Charles Brady

Charles J Brady – Chief Executive

Charles Brady, is a solicitor and was a law lecturer before founding in 1985 the business which is now Central Law Group (CLG). CLG was acquired by Wilmington in June 1999. Mr Brady joined the Board in November 1999 and was appointed Chief Executive in February 2002. He is a member of the Group's Nomination Committee.

Email: cbrady@wilmington.co.uk

Basil Brookes

R Basil Brookes – Finance Director

Basil Brookes, qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand. He has worked in the media industry since 1986 and joined the Wilmington businesses in 1992 and was a founder director of Wilmington Group.

Email: bbrookes@wilmington.co.uk  

Rory Conwell

Rory A Conwell – Executive Director

Rory Conwell has worked in the publishing and information industries for over 25 years. A founder director of Wilmington Group, he has been involved in most of the key investments that have created the shape and size of the business. He continues to concentrate on development initiatives for the Company.

Email: raconwell@wilmington.co.uk  

 David Summers

David L Summers OBE JP – Non-Executive Chairman

David Summers, joined the Board in January 2001 and was appointed Chairman in January 2005. His background is that of a professional reference publisher having been for many years CEO of Butterworths, the law publishers and a Director of Reed Elsevier UK Ltd. He is active in the field of competition law as a Panel Member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal and is on the Audit Committee of the Competition Service. He is a Governor and former Chairman of St Bede's School Trust Sussex and is a member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee for Kent. He is a member of the Group's Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

 Mark AsplinMark Asplin - Non-Executive Director

Mark Asplin joined the board in April 2005. He was until 2002 a partner at KPMG. During his time at KPMG he helped build its Corporate Finance practice, undertaking roles which included Head of M & A and Head of Valuations, both for the central region of the UK. He left KPMG to set up Jasper Corporate Finance, an independent corporate finance practise. Mr Asplin is Chairman of the Group's Remuneration and Nomination Committees and a member of the Group's Audit Committee.
 Terry GarthwaiteTerence B Garthwaite - Non-Executive Director

Terry Garthwaite joined the board in June 2005. He is a chartered accountant and enjoyed a distinguished career in finance and industry including a period as Finance Director of engineering group Senior plc. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of electronics group Renishaw plc, and of European power transmissions supplier Brammer PLC, and also a Trustee of the Disability Resource Centre. Mr Garthwaite is Chairman of the Group's Audit Committee and a member of the Group's Nomination and Remuneration Committees.