What CEOs learn from board roles: An interview with Zillah Byng-Thorne, CEO of Future plc and NED of Flutter Entertainment
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What CEOs learn from board roles: An interview with Zillah Byng-Thorne, CEO of Future plc and NED of Flutter Entertainment

Zillah Byng-Thorne, CEO of Future plc and NED of Flutter Entertainment, discusses how her experience sitting on boards has influenced how she approaches her job as CEO.

In the next video in our series “What CEOs learn from board roles,” Heidrick & Struggles’ Kit Bingham speaks to Zillah Byng-Thorne, CEO of Future plc, an FTSE 250 media company; senior independent non-executive director of The Hut Group (THG), an ecommerce company; and non-executive director of Flutter Entertainment, an FTSE 100 sports betting and entertainment company. Byng-Thorne discusses the importance of being transparent with your board as a CEO, how being a CEO has helped her avoid tokenism as a board member, and the way in which she’s learned to add value as a board member.


About the interviewer

Kit Bingham (kbingham@heidrick.com) is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ London office and a member of the CEO & Board Practice.

 

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