Ellis Watson
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Ellis Watson was the Managing Director of Menzies Distribution, from 2005 until mid 2009.[1]
He left Menzies Distribution in 2009 to take up a position on the board of First Group PLC. He lasted only seven months there before being headhunted to his current position as CEO of Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment Group. [2]
For the proceeding three years, he was the Managing Director of Mirror Group Newspapers - responsible for some five national and 240 regional newspapers.[3] The Mirror Group employed him in 2003 expecting him to increase circulation.[4]
Prior to this, Ellis spent three years as the CEO of Celador, where he was largely responsible for the spread of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? format, spanning some 100 countries.[5]
Watson's trademark style incorporates what has been called "colourful invective".[6]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/may/10/citynews.mirror
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/7529066/Simon-Cowell-hires-Ellis-Watson-as-head-of-Syco.html
- ^ http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23439240_ITM
- ^ http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/180177//
- ^ http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/news/46284//
- ^ http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/179703/trinity-mirror-names-ellis-watson-general-manager/
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