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CANDIDA DAVIES
Chief Financial O昀케cer
Candida was appointed to the Board of Directors on 3 October
2022, having joined as Chief Financial O昀케cer on the same date.
Candida has considerable experience in 昀椀nancial, commercial and
operational leadership in global multinational companies in the
pharmaceutical, consumer and health technology sectors with a
focus on driving successful business and 昀椀nance transformation.
Previously Candida was Head of Finance for the Personal
Health division of Royal Philips where she also supported
the Group Innovation and Strategy function. Prior to
this she held Group Controller and Divisional Finance
Director roles as Reckitt Benckiser. Earlier in her career
she held several roles with Eli Lilly & Co, having quali昀椀ed
as a chartered accountant with KPMG.
LARA BORO
Senior Independent Non-executive Director
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Lara was appointed to the Board of Directors on 20 September
2017 and is a Member of the Remuneration Committee. She was
appointed the Senior Independent Director after the 2021 AGM.
Currently the Group Chief Executive for the Economist Group,
Lara, is focused on driving continued growth in both
the core Economist business, as well as the business-tobusiness o昀昀erings of the Economist Intelligence Unit.
She was previously CEO International for Ascential plc
(formerly EMAP plc) and CEO of Informa Plc's Intelligence
division. Prior to Informa, Lara held strategy, M&A and
commercial development roles for CPA Global, Pearson,
Mastercard and Lloyd’s of London.
Lara is a member of the Advisory Board for MIT
Technology Review.
ANDREW BRODE
Non-executive Director
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Andrew led the management buy-in of RWS in 1995
and the Group's 昀氀otation on AIM in 2003. He acted as
Executive Chairman between 1995 and 2023. He is the
Group's largest shareholder. He is the Non-executive
Chairman of Learning Technologies Group plc and GRC
International plc, both AIM listed companies, and a NonExecutive Director of several private companies.
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