Board of Directors

Tim Parker Tim Parker, Chairman
Tim Parker is a Partner at CVC who joined the company from the AA in 2008. Tim was previously Chief Executive of the AA and Deputy Chairman of Kwik-Fit, both CVC Capital Partners portfolio companies.
Tim is a non-executive director of Compass Group plc and previously non-executive director of Boots Group plc. Tim’s former roles include Chief Executive of Clarks, Kenwood Appliances plc and Thorn EMI plc. He was also a non-executive director of Legal & General plc and Kleeneze plc.
Tim has an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University.

Ian Law Ian Law, Chief Executive Officer
Ian Law was appointed CEO of the PBL Media Group in February 2007 after serving as CEO of ACP Magazines from May 2006 to February 2007. Before joining ACP Magazines, Ian was Managing Director and CEO of West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited, a Perth-based company with a market capitalisation of approximately $2 billion involved in newspaper and magazine publishing, printing, digital services, radio broadcasting and cinemas.
Previously, Ian held a number of senior executive positions with Rural Press Limited, including General Manager and Editor-in-Chief of Regional Publishing, General Manager of Special Projects, and General Manager of Agricultural Publishing. He started in the media as a journalist.
Ian is a director of various companies including ninemsn Pty Limited and carsales.com.au Limited.
He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

 Andrew Cummins Andrew Cummins, Director
Andrew Cummins is Chairman of the CVC Australia Advisory board. He joined CVC Asia Pacific in 2000 after working as a consultant to CVC Capital Partners in 1998 and 1999.
Previously, he was a board director of Inchcape Plc, a Strategy Director at Fosters Brewing Group, Chief Executive of Elders Investments and a Partner at McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Cummins has a Bachelors degree from Monash University, Australia, a graduate business degree from the University of Newcastle, Australia and an MBA from Stanford University in California, USA.

 Ben Hawter Ben Hawter, Director
Ben Hawter joined CVC at the beginning of 2006 as an Investment Manager in the Australian team.
Prior to joining CVC, Ben worked at JP Morgan in investment banking.
Ben holds Civil Engineering (Hons) and Commerce degrees from the University of Western Australia.

 Adrian Mackenzie Adrian MacKenzie, Director
Adrian MacKenzie is a Managing Partner at CVC Asia Pacific responsible for Australia and New Zealand. Adrian joined CVC’s London office in 1995 and transferred to CVC Asia Pacific in 1999. Previously, he was with J Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. Limited in London and New York and HSBC Investment Bank Limited in London.
Adrian holds a degree in Technology and Business Studies from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland.

Pat Osullivan
 Pat O’Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer
Pat O’Sullivan was appointed CFO of the PBL Media Group in February 2007. Prior to that he was COO of PBL, a position he has held since February 2006. Before joining PBL, Pat was the CFO of Optus, a position he held for over three years with responsibility for the company’s financial affairs including corporate finance, taxation, treasury, risk management, procurement and property.
Previously, Pat held a number of positions at Goodman Fielder, Burns Philp and Company Limited, and PwC.
Pat is currently a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Programme.

Maarten Ruijs Maarten Ruijs, Director
Maarten Ruijs is the chief investment officer of CVC Asia Pacific. Maarten joined CVC Amsterdam in 1991. He is currently a Managing Partner of CVC Capital Partners, and is responsible for all Asia Pacific activities.
Maarten, a Dutch citizen, is a qualified chartered accountant and holds a master’s degree in economics from Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Holland.