Zillah Byng-Thorne
Zillah Byng-Thorne (nee Byng-Maddick, born 1974/1975) is a British businesswoman, and the CEO of Future plc, a FTSE 250 Index British media company, since April 2014. Early life. She grew up near Glasgow, and earned a MA in management from University of Glasgow and a MSc in behavioural change from Henley Business School. Career. Byng-Thorne qualified as an accountant with Nestlé UK. She later had senior finance roles with GE Capital and HMV, before becoming CFO of Threshers, then finance director of Fitness First. She was previously CFO of Auto Trader Group. Byng-Thorne  joined Future in November 2013 as a part-time chief financial officer (CFO), and became CEO in April 2014. In 2021, she was earned £8.8 million as chief executive, which included a salary of £575,000, a bonus of £1.15 million and £7.03 million through a performance share plan. She is a non-executive director of Mecom and Betfair, and the senior independent non-executive director of The Hut Group (THG). Personal life. She is married to Max Thorne. She has three sons, and two stepsons.