Change of Group CFO for Kantar

Kantar Group CFO Michael Uzielli has decided to step down from the role at the end of this year. From 1st January Lindsay Smith, CFO of Kantar, will also assume the responsibilities of Group CFO, whilst Regan Garrett will continue as CFO of Numerator.

Uzielli took up the role in March 2022, after holding the same title at London-based private schools group Cognita - earlier he was CFO for London Heathrow Airport, and held senior roles for British Gas / Centrica, Ebiquity and British Airways. His decision to move on comes as Kantar has completed a range of sales and subsequently split the remaining business into Kantar Insights / Profiles and Numerator. The divestments included Reputation Intelligence (now Onclusive); Kantar Public and Kantar Media, in addition to healthcare units. Worldpanel became part of Numerator last year.

Smith (pictured) also joined Kantar in November 2022, and has worked at three of the same previous companies as Uzielli - Cognita Schools, latterly as CFO Europe; Heathrow, as Finance Director for three years; and earlier over thirteen years at Centrica where she rose from Finance Manager to Commercial Finance Director.

Group home pages are at www.kantar.com and www.numerator.com .

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