Executive directors
John Condron, Chief Executive Officer
John joined Yellow Pages, then a part of BT, in 1980 and was appointed Managing Director in 1994. In 2001 he led the move of Yellow Pages from BT to private equity ownership as Yell, and in 2003 he took the Yell Group to listing on the London Stock Exchange. As the Group CEO he has been the driving force behind expansion within the US through Yellowbook, and in Spain and Latin America through Yell Publicidad. John has served as Chairman of the Directory Publishers’ Association, Chairman of the Jurors for the EFQM’s European Quality Awards and as a member of the Government’s Advisory Committee on Advertising. In 2008, John was honoured with the award of a CBE for his services to industry.
John is a member of the Nomination Committee.
John is a member of the Nomination Committee.
John Davis, Chief Financial Officer
John Davis has been Chief Financial Officer of Yell Group plc since 2000.
He previously held positions within Pearson plc, where he was latterly Group Finance Director of the FT Group, and Emap plc, which he joined in 1989 and where he was Director of Corporate Finance and Treasury between 1995 and 1997. John is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and has a Masters in Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was appointed a non-executive director of Informa plc in October 2005.
He previously held positions within Pearson plc, where he was latterly Group Finance Director of the FT Group, and Emap plc, which he joined in 1989 and where he was Director of Corporate Finance and Treasury between 1995 and 1997. John is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and has a Masters in Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was appointed a non-executive director of Informa plc in October 2005.
