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Claudia Arney appointed as Lead Non-Executive Board Member to DCMS

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden CBE MP has appointed Claudia Arney as the Lead Non-Executive Board Member for a term of three years

Claudia Arney

Claudia is currently the Chair of Deliveroo PLC, and Remuneration Committee Chair of Kingfisher PLC and Derwent London PLC. She also serves as a member of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers.

Claudia began her executive career at McKinsey & Company, before holding roles at Pearson, the Financial Times, Goldman Sachs, and HM Treasury. She was CEO of Thestreet.co.uk, and Group Managing Director at EMAP.

Claudia’s previous non-executive experience includes; Remuneration Committee Chair of Halfords PLC, Senior Independent Director of Telecity Group plc, Governance Committee Chair of Aviva plc, Non-Executive Director of Ocado Group plc and Non-Executive Director and Interim Chair of The Premier League.

Claudia read English Literature at Oxford University and holds an MBA from Insead.

Published 22 April 2021