Mike Pulli, Chief Executive Officer

Mike Pulli was appointed CEO of Pace plc in December 2011, after seven years as President of Pace Americas. In his role as CEO, Mike is responsible for leading Pace’s global strategy, as set out in the November 2011 strategic review announcement. As President of Pace Americas, Mike oversaw the company’s business in the USA, Canada and LatAm, leading a team of 1500 and growing the operation from just over $30m to $1.7billion in revenues. Mike expanded the Pace Americas customer base from two in 2004, to over 150 in 2011, including Comcast, AT&T and DirecTV.

Prior to joining Pace in 2004, Mike was CEO of Digital Latin America (DLA), a broadcasting company that serves the Latin American market, which he founded in March 2000. Before founding DLA, Mike spent eight years at Motorola in various senior management positions, including Vice President of International Operations, and served in a variety of financial positions at Allied-Signal, Inc. Mike holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Rider University and an MBA from Farleigh Dickinson University.

Stuart Hall, Chief Financial Officer

Stuart was appointed Chief Financial Officer and joined the Board on 2 April 2007. Before joining the Company he was Group Finance Director of IQE plc and prior to that Finance Director of Energis Squared Limited and Director of Performance Management for Energis Group plc.

He has also been Finance Director at WBF Ltd, part of the Adare Printing Group plc, Carnography plc and Race Electronics. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with BDO Binder Hamlyn.

Non-Executive Biographies

Allan Leighton (Chairman)
Allan was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Pace in May 2011 and became Chairman on 21 June 2011. He currently holds several other Chairmanships and Non-Executive Director positions including Chairman of Pandora A/S, Chairman of Peacocks and Chairman of MusicMagpie.co.uk.

Allan’s most recent roles have included President of Loblaw Companies ltd, Chairman of the Royal Mail, Deputy Chairman of Selfridges & Co, and a Non-Executive Director of BSkyB Group plc. Allan was CEO of Asda Stores Limited between 1996 and 1999, and was appointed President and CEO of Wal-Mart Europe following Asda’s acquisition by Wal-Mart in 1999. Prior to joining Asda, Allan spent 17 years with Mars Confectionary.

• Remuneration Committee - Member

Patricia Chapman-Pincher
Pat was appointed a Non-executive Director in February 2005 and became Senior Independent Director in May 2006. She has over 30 years’ experience in the communications industry, from senior roles in multinational Internet and telecoms companies, to participating in technology company start-ups. A founding partner and Chairman of the Cavell Group, which specialises in operational consultancy IP and wireless technologies, she is a Board Advisor to the British Standards Institute, and  a member of the Advisory Board of Bradford School of Management.

• Audit Committee - Member
• Remuneration Committee - Chairman

John Grant
John was appointed a Non-executive Director on 1 August 2008. John spent his executive career in a variety of senior international roles within the automotive industry and other engineering businesses. He was Chief Executive of Ascot plc between 1997 and 2000. Prior to that, he was Group Finance Director of Lucas Industries plc (subsequently Lucas Varity plc) between 1992 and 1996. He previously held a number of senior positions within Ford Motor Company in Europe and the USA. John is a Non-Executive Director of Melrose plc, MHP S.A. and Wolfson Microelectronics plc.

• Audit Committee - Chairman
• Remuneration Committee - Member

Mike Inglis
Mike was appointed a Non-executive Director on 25 July 2008. He is currently EVP and General Manager of the Processor Division of ARM Holdings having previously been EVP, Sales and Marketing. Before joining ARM, he worked in management consultancy with A.T. Kearney and held a number of senior operational and marketing positions at Motorola. He previously worked in semiconductor sales, marketing, design and consultancy with Texas Instruments, Fairchild and BIS Macintosh and gained his initial industrial experience with GEC Telecommunications. He is a chartered engineer and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

• Audit Committee - Member 

Board Committee Terms of Reference

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Terms of Reference - Audit Committee
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Terms of Reference - Nomination Committee
(PDF, 16KB, 3 pages)

Terms of Reference - Remuneration Committee
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