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St Ives plc
Registered in England & Wales
No. 1552113
Registered office:
One Tudor Street,
London EC4Y 0AH

executive directors


Patrick Martell, CEO


Patrick Martell – aged 47, joined the Group in 1980, was appointed a director of Clays in 1994 and became its Managing Director in 2000.

Appointed to the board in 2003, Mr Martell has since held the positions of Managing Director Media Products and Managing Director – UK Operations.

In April 2009 Mr Martell was appointed the Group’s Chief Executive.

Matthew Armitage, Finance Director


Matt Armitage, ACMA – aged 42. Appointed to the board as Finance Director in September 2007, Mr Armitage had previously worked for Tequila London Ltd – a below-the-line marketing services business owned by Omnicom Inc – for five years as their Finance Director. Previously he had held various financial management positions with companies operating in the telecommunications, technology and fast-moving consumer goods industries, including ten years with Unilever plc.

Lloyd Wigglesworth, Group Managing Director Commercial Products


Lloyd Wigglesworth – aged 51, was appointed a non-executive director on 1 December 2008, becoming an executive director on 2 March 2009 on his appointment as Group Managing Director – Commercial Products.

Mr Wigglesworth has previously been Managing Director of Entertainment UK, Smiths News, EMAP’s Apex and Choice publishing companies, Frontline and The Dutch Meat Marketing Board in the UK.

He has served on the boards of retailing, marketing and property companies including WH Smith PLC, Woolworths plc, Crest Nicholson PLC and Donaldsons LLP. His early career was in sales and marketing with Mars Inc.

Non-executive directors

Richard Stillwell, Chairman

Richard Stillwell, aged 62, is a qualified barrister and holds non-executive directorships with Fiberweb plc, Penna Consulting plc, Scott Bader Company Ltd (chairman) and TBI Ltd. Until 2000 Mr Stillwell was executive vice president of ICI plc, where he had held various posts for 26 years. Mr Stillwell was appointed to the board in 2006, and after serving on the Audit and Remuneration Committees, was appointed Chairman on 25 April 2011.

Mike Butterworth, FCA – aged 50, was appointed to the board on 1 August 2010. Mike Butterworth has, for the past five years, served as Group Finance Director of Cookson Group plc, a FTSE250 company supplying products, processes and services to the ceramics, electronics and precious metals industries. Previously, Mr Butterworth was Group Finance Director of Incepta Group plc, an international marketing and communications group, from 2001 until 2005, prior to which he spent five years as Group Financial Controller at BBA Group plc, the international aviation and materials technology group. Mr Butterworth is Chairman of the Audit Committee and serves on the Remuneration Committee.

Simon Marquis – aged 57, senior non-executive director, was appointed to the board in 2004. Mr Marquis has over 30 years’ experience in the media and marketing industries: being Chairman of ZenithOptimedia UK until 2006 and currently Chairman of C Squared Holdings Ltd, Evolutions Television Ltd, National Readership Surveys Ltd and a non-executive director of the COI. He also serves as non-executive director of Packet Vision Limited. Mr Marquis serves on the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Tony Stuart – aged 58, is a chartered accountant and a former Managing Director at NM Rothschild, a leading UK investment bank, where he worked for more than 25 years. In the course of his career Mr Stuart has been a corporate finance adviser to many leading companies in the UK and overseas. Now a consultant at Rothschild and an independent Governor at University College, Falmouth he was appointed to the board on 31 January 2011. With effect from 26 April 2011 Mr Stuart is appointed Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and will also serve on the Audit Committee.