Wilmington plc appoints former Daily Mail executive to take up chairman reigns

Wilmington plc has appointed Martin Morgan as chairman to the Board with effect from May 1, 2018.

The company is a London-headquartered provider of information, education and networking services in compliance, professional and healthcare knowledge areas.

Martin will succeed Mark Asplin who informed the Board of his intention to retire as chairman and step down from the Board during 2018.

Martin has over 30 years of media and B2B experience, having spent a large proportion of his career at the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT).

He was also chief executive of DMG Information from 1989 until 2008, when he took up the role of chief executive from 2008 to 2016 leading DMGT’s transformation from print to digital and expanding the business internationally.

Martin Morgan is currently chairman of Signal Media Limited and a non-executive director at City of London Investment Trust, a position he has held since 2012.

He was also a director of Euromoney Institutional Investor plc between 2008 - 2016.

Pedro Ros, Wilmington’s CEO, said: “We are delighted to welcome Martin Morgan to Wilmington.

“His industry experience and proven credentials as the former CEO of Daily Mail and General Trust Plc, speaks for itself and we look forward to the experience and insight he will bring to our Board as we focus on digitising and internationalising our business.”

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