Board

Roger Parry
Chairman

Mr Parry began his career as a journalist working at the BBC and ITV. He worked subsequently for McKinsey, WCRS and Aegis Group plc. He was Chief Executive of More Group plc when it was sold to Clear Channel and went on to become Chairman and CEO of Clear Channel International. Mr Parry is currently non-executive Chairman of Johnston Press plc, Future plc and Mobile Streams plc. He is also Chairman of Shakespeare's Globe Trust.

Nadhim Zahawi
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Nadhim, is responsible overall for the corporate direction of YouGov, and has operational control for both organic growth and the prospective acquisition strategy. Before founding YouGov, Nadhim was European Marketing Director for Smith & Brooks Limited with responsibility for merchandising brands such as Warner Bros, Disney and Barbie. He was a councillor with the London Borough of Wandsworth and has in-depth experience of public sector consultation and research within local government. He was campaign manager for Jeffrey Archer's Mayoral bid. He has a BSc in Chemical Engineering from University College, London.

Stephan Shakespeare
Co-founder and Chief Innovations Officer

Stephan played a key role in inventing and implementing the YouGov model. He is responsible for YouGov's commercial development and strategy and in charge of research and development and creating new business tools. Stephan has been an educationist, writer and political campaigner. Stephan was also founding Principal of Landmark West Preparatory school in Los Angeles. Stephan has written extensively on education policy for the national press, has had research published in academic and Think Tank journals, and was a policy director for Jeffrey Archer's Mayoral bid before founding YouGov in 2000. He has an MA in English Language and Literature from Oxford University.

Panos Manolopoulos
International Business Development

Panos is responsible for the business development strategy and the research operations in the UK that support the organic growth of the business. Panos has worked in market research for nearly 14 years. Before being appointed by YouGov, Panos worked in senior positions at NOP World Limited, Taylor Nelson Sofres plc, and Lightspeed Research Limited, the online research agency of WPP Group plc. He is a member of the Market Research Society and European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research and speaks at industry conferences and seminars. Panos has a BSc(Econ) from the London School of Economics. Panos joined the board of YouGov on 18 April 2005.

Katherine Lee
Chief Financial Officer

Katherine is Chief Financial Officer at YouGov. She is responsible for the day to day financial stewardship of company resources and facilitates external and internal financial reporting. She previously worked at Grant Thornton UK LLP where she worked in Transaction Services, Corporate Finance. Prior to joining Grant Thornton Katherine worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Sydney and Leeds. Katherine has a BSc (Hons) degree in Psychology from the University of Sheffield. Katherine was appointed to the board on 25 July 2005.

Peter Bazalgette
Non-Executive

Peter is Chief Creative Officer of The Endemol Group where he oversees the creation of content across the international television and multimedia production company. He sits on the Endemol Group executive board. He is a former non-executive director of Channel Four Television Corporation. Peter graduated with a BA in Law from Cambridge University. He was appointed Non-Executive Director of YouGov on 1 March 2005.

Anthony Foye
Non-Executive

Tony is Finance Director of T&F Informa plc having joined Taylor & Francis in 1987 as Group Chief Accountant. He was made Finance Director in 1994 and remained in the role following the merger with Informa. Anthony qualified as a chartered accountant with Haines Watts and has a BA in Accountancy Studies from Huddersfield Polytechnic. He was appointed Non-Executive Director of YouGov on 1 March 2005.