Ellis Watson

For the English-born merchant and political figure in Newfoundland, see Ellis C. Watson.

Ellis Watson has held senior positions at companies such as Menzies, First Group, Syco and DC Thomson.

Information

Watson was on the Board of Menzies Distribution from 2005 until mid-2009.^[1] He left Menzies in 2009 to take up a position on the board of First Group PLC. He was headhunted for the position of CEO of Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment Group.^[2]

For the preceding 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]

In September 2011 Ellis Watson was appointed Managing Director of Newspapers for DC Thomson. In 2012 he became Chief Executive Officer of DC Thomson Publishing.

Ellis Watson is currently, as at September 2018, Executive Chairman of DC Thomson Media as well as DC Thomson's subsidiary companies; Brightsolid, Wild & Wolf and Breakthrough Dundee.

References

1. Claire Cozens, press and publishing correspondent (10 May 2005). "Watson takes the high road | Media | MediaGuardian". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
2. Neate, Rupert (26 March 2010). "Simon Cowell hires Ellis Watson as head of Syco". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
3. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23439240_ITM. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. Ian Darby, 16 May 2003, 12:00am (16 May 2003). "Ellis Watson joins Mirror Group Newspapers – Media news". Media Week. Retrieved 1 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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