Alistair Thom will become Managing Director of Freesat from the 1st January 2015. Thom is currently Freesat’s Finance Director and Company Secretary, and has been with the business since 2011. He previously worked at KPMG as a consultant; earlier in his career he spent five years at BSkyB. He will work with the Freesat Board as the shareholders look to build on Freesat’s success to date.
Emma Scott, currently Managing Director of digital TV service Freesat, is to join media group DC Thomson in January 2015 as an Advisor to The Board of Directors. She will be working on a range of strategic initiatives across the Group.
If I had a nice job as MD of one of the UK’s two FTA platforms, I would think twice before resigning without a job to go to. Could end up in a much less desirable position.