Ian Rowden

Ian was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 21 November 2018.

Ian is a recognised global business leader whose career has spanned marketing, operational and commercial leadership roles across four continents with some of the worlds most admired brands and in the world’s most diverse marketplaces.

Ian began his career with The Coca-Cola Company in Sydney, Australia in 1980 and for over 20 years held numerous senior executive roles with the company worldwide. These included Region President for the China Division, based in Hong Kong and Global Head of Consumer Communications, based in Atlanta, Georgia. From 2000 to 2004 he served as Chief Marketing Officer for The Callaway Golf Company.

In 2004 he joined Wendy’s International as Chief Marketing Officer, a position he held until 2007 when he was appointed Chairman and CEO, Asia Pacific for Saatchi & Saatchi. From 2011 to 2015 he served as Partner at The Virgin Group and concurrently as a Board Member of Virgin Galactic and Virgin Produced.

Ian is a Director of QMS Media Limited, is currently a member of the Investment Advisory Board of Innovate Partners LLC, a Los Angeles area based venture capital firm, and is a Board member of private Companies Brightguard and Premier League Basketball as well as Miami Ad School.

Ian is a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.