Rob Woodward

Rob Woodward joined the Board as a Non‑Executive Director in March 2018 and was appointed Chair in May of the same year. He is a member of the Audit & Risk Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee.

Rob was CEO of STV Group plc from 2007 to 2017, where he led their successful transformation into a pre-eminent digital media group and oversaw a dramatic increase in shareholder value. Prior to STV, Rob was Commercial Director at Channel 4 Television for four years and was previously a Managing Director with UBS Corporate Finance and the lead partner for Deloitte’s TMT Industry Group in Europe. He was appointed Chair of the Met Office Board in July 2018, a position he held until November 2024. In 2024 he was appointed Chair of Lumi Gruppen, Norway’s leading private educational institution. 

Rob was appointed as Chair of Glasgow Caledonian University on 6 February 2018, stepping down on 28 February 2025, and is Senior Independent Director of Vistry Group, the UK’s leading multi-tenure affordable housing provider.