Our leadership

APPOINTED
7 September 2021

NATIONALITY
British/Maltese

OTHER COMMITMENTS
Paul is the Chair of St James’s Place plc and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Paul has over 40 years’ experience in executive and non-executive roles in the financial and business services sectors, including serving as Chairman of a number of FTSE 100 companies. From 2012 to 2020, Paul was Chairman of Prudential plc, having previously been appointed to the board as Senior Independent Director in 2010. Other prominent positions include roles as Non-Executive Director of WM Morrison Supermarkets plc from 2005 until 2011, during which he served as Chair of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Prior to this, he was appointed global Chief Executive Officer of Rothschild Asset Management in 1999 and European Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Asset Management from 2002 to 2005. Earlier in his career, Paul served as Chair of the Association of Investment Companies, as Chair of The City UK’s Leadership Council and as founding CEO of Threadneedle Asset Management Limited. Other previous appointments include Chairman of Aon UK Limited from 2008 to 2012, having served as a Non-Executive Director since 2006, JPM European Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc and Bridgewell Group plc and as a Director of Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc, Eagle Star Insurance Company and Allied Dunbar. Paul holds an MA in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford, where he is also an Honorary Fellow of Hertford College. In 2018, Paul was awarded a Maltese Order of Merit.

APPOINTED
3 August 2021

NATIONALITY
Czech

OTHER COMMITMENTS
In his personal life, Martin is a devoted philanthropist, passionate about the development of civil society. In 2016, he co-founded the Nadační fond nezávislé žurnalistiky (Independent Journalism Foundation) and the Nadace BLÍŽKSOBĚ (Closer Together Foundation), a non-profit organisation that aims to support people in need. Martin is a Director of Couverina Business s.r.o.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Martin Vohánka founded Eurowag Group in 1995, shortly after graduating from high school. Over the years, Martin has successfully developed and scaled the business from an energy payments solution to an integrated payments and mobility platform for the commercial road transportation (CRT) industry, that includes toll payments, on-board telematics, route optimisation and much more. Martin is devoted to providing every CRT company with the benefits of digitalisation at scale. He has grown up with these businesses, spending time in their vehicles and with the families that own and operate them, to understand what they need in order to improve efficiencies. His vision is to build a seamless integrated digital ecosystem to revolutionise what is known as the middle mile, to benefit customers, partners, and the environment. Martin holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and also lectures at the University of Economics, Prague.

APPOINTED
3 August 2021

NATIONALITY
Polish

OTHER COMMITMENTS
N/A

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Magdalena has a proven record as a successful CFO, responsible for strategic growth and financial performance, and with vast experience in M&A. Before joining Eurowag in September 2019, Magdalena led finance functions at renowned businesses in the energy, fuels, and manufacturing industries, including as CFO and member of the board at Paged SA, MD-Economic and Financial Affairs at PGE Group SA, Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director at Zelmer SA, and Finance Director of NIKE Poland. Magdalena holds a postgraduate degree in Business (Africa Business and Beyond) from SWPS University in Warsaw, and a master’s degree in Management, Capital Investments and Corporate Financial Strategies from the University of Economics and Business in Poznań.

APPOINTED
7 September 2021

NATIONALITY
Swiss

OTHER COMMITMENTS
Mirjana is a member of the board and the Audit Committee of Orell Füssli Ltd, EWE Ltd, and Eniso Partners Ltd, Chief Financial Officer of Synhelion Ltd, Vice-Chair of the board and Chair of the Audit Committee at IWB Industrielle Werke Basel Ltd, and Secretary of the board of Qnective Ltd.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Mirjana has more than 20 years’ experience in the areas of corporate finance, structuring of companies and management of complex corporate transactions. She was appointed to the Eurowag supervisory Board in December 2020 to provide vision and expertise to guide Eurowag on its mission to become the leading on-road mobility platform. Mirjana held the role of Chief Financial Officer at Qnective Ltd until 2018 and, earlier in her career, was Chief Executive and Financial Officer of Edisun Power Europe Ltd, Chief Financial Officer of MediService Ltd and Chief Financial Officer for Novartis Oncology Switzerland. Mirjana holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Applied Sciences Zurich and an MBA from the University of St Gallen.

APPOINTED
7 September 2021

NATIONALITY
British

OTHER COMMITMENTS
Sharon is currently Chair of the board of AIM-listed Restore plc. Sharon is an independent technology consultant and Chair of both DriveWorks Ltd, an independent design automation company, and Foundation SP Ltd.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Sharon has had a successful career in technology, media and digital companies, and has extensive corporate governance experience. Sharon is a former Non-Executive Director of Ted Baker plc and served as acting Chair from December 2019 until July 2020. She has previously held roles as Marketing Director and main Board Director of the BBC, and spent 16 years at Microsoft, where she was a Board Director of Microsoft UK and Regional General Manager of MSN International. Until March 2022, Sharon was Non-Executive Director of Hyve Group plc and Non-Executive Chair at Unique X Ltd. Sharon holds a graduate diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, as well as a Member of Women in Advertising and Communications Leadership.

APPOINTED
7 September 2021

NATIONALITY
British/Irish

OTHER COMMITMENTS
Caroline is a Non-Executive Director of London-listed IP Group plc, where she Chairs the Audit and Risk Committee, Georgia Capital plc and Luceco plc. She is also a Non-Executive Director of NYSE-listed Rockley Photonics Holdings Limited and is an external member of the global Partnership Council of Clifford Chance.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Caroline has extensive executive and non-executive experience across the technology, financial services and industrials sectors. She has over 20 years’ experience sitting on the boards of listed companies, and has chaired audit committees of listed companies for the past 18 years. Her early career was spent in corporate finance with Merrill Lynch (New York), UBS and HSBC. Caroline holds a first-class degree and PhD in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, an MBA and MA from the City Business School, University of London. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and qualified as a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Chartered Director.

APPOINTED
7 September 2021

NATIONALITY
British

OTHER COMMITMENTS
Susan is a Non-Executive Director of Moonpig Group plc and was appointed Chair of the Remuneration Committee, ESG lead, and designated representative for workforce engagement. Susan is also a Non-Executive at Uber UK, The Rank Group plc, where she is Chair of the ESG and Safer Gambling Committee, and Affinity Water Limited where she is also Chair of the Remuneration Committee. Susan was appointed Chair of the board of Tangle Teezer Limited in January 2022. She is a founding Director of ChapterZero.org.uk, an organisation dedicated to helping board directors and chairs get knowledge and insight on climate change for use in board discussions.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Susan has extensive experience within a broad range of large consumer-facing businesses, both in executive and non-executive roles. Until June 2020, Susan was a Non-Executive Director of Wizz Air plc, and, until March 2020, she was a Non-Executive Director for the Department for Exiting the European Union. She further held senior roles at Royal Caribbean International, Avis Europe, PepsiCo International, McKinsey & Co, and Saatchi & Saatchi. Susan holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in International Politics and Economics from the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

APPOINTED
7 September 2021

NATIONALITY
American

OTHER COMMITMENTS
Morgan is Managing Director at TA Associates and co-head of its European Technology Group. Morgan currently sits on the following boards as a representative of TA Associates: The Access Group, Adcubum, Auction Technology Group, Flashtalking, ITRS, Netrisk Group, Sovos, thinkproject and Unit4.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Morgan has over 16 years of private-equity experience and has led investments in software, financial technology, online and e-commerce, and semiconductor companies. He is deeply involved in creating both organic growth and complementary acquisitions for all his portfolio companies. Prior to joining TA Associates in 2002, Morgan worked for Morgan Stanley and Raymond James. Morgan holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Yale University.