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Independent non-executive director
Date of appointment:
8 January 2025
Contribution to the Board:
Gill has over 25 years of executive experience in the technology and media sectors having worked at Ofcom, Google, Channel 4 and the BBC. She is a Visiting Policy Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute, focussing on global developments in online and AI safety. Her Board experience spans FTSE 50 companies, public bodies, and sport.
Gill has spent the last few years mobilising tech regulation in the UK, including leading for Ofcom the implementation of one of the UK’s most significant pieces of new tech legislation, the Online Safety Act. She also led the establishment of several key regulatory partnerships, including as the inaugural Chief Executive of the UK’s Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum, on behalf of the UK’s largest regulators including the Financial Conduct Authority, and as Chair of the Global Online Safety Regulators Network.
Gill is also a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Relevant experience:
Gill has served as a Non-executive director of the Financial Ombudsman Service and Camelot (operator of the National Lottery). Gill also previously served as Google UK’s Senior Director of Client Solutions & Analytics, leading teams in data science and analytics, measurement, and user experience, having also led their market insights function across EMEA. Before the world of tech, Gill worked in media at Channel 4 and the BBC in a variety of data and technology-driven leadership roles.
Current external appointments:
- Non-executive director of Informa plc
- Non-executive director of the British Olympic Association
- Chair of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025
Committee memberships:
- Group Board Risk Committee
- Group Sustainable Banking Committee