Philip Yea

Philip Yea
Born
Philip Edward Yea

(1954-12-11) 11 December 1954 (age 69)
NationalityBritish
EducationWallington County Grammar School
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford
OccupationBusinessman
Known forCEO, 3i Group plc, 2005–09
SpouseMarried
Children3

Philip Edward Yea (born 11 December 1954)[1] is a British businessman and private equity investor, and the chairman of Equiniti[2][non-primary source needed] and Mondi plc.[3][non-primary source needed] He is a non-executive director of Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus plc[4][non-primary source needed] and Marshall of Cambridge (Holdings) Ltd.[5]

He is a former chairman of Greene King plc[6] (2016 to 2019) and bwin.party digital entertainment plc[7] (2014 to 2016). He was chairman of the trustees at the British Heart Foundation from 2009 to 2015, and was an independent trustee director of The Francis Crick Institute[8][non-primary source needed] during its formation (2011 to 2018). Prior to this, he was chief executive of 3i Group plc, from 2005 to January 2009. Yea was a non-executive director of Vodafone Group plc from 2005 to 2017[9] and senior business adviser to Prince Andrew, Duke of York.[10] between 2009 and 2014. In 2008, he was ranked 41st in The Times Power 100 list,[11][better source needed] a list which rates the most powerful people in British business.[12][non-primary source needed]

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  2. ^ "Equiniti.com". equiniti.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Philip Yea". Mondi Group.
  4. ^ "Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC". www.asia-focus.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Equiniti Appoints Greene King's Philip Yea As Chairman From September". Morningstar. 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. ^ Dodd, Claire (2 February 2016). "Greene King appoints Philip Yea as chairman". Imbibe. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Philip Yea appointed chairman of Bwin.Party". RealDeals: The Independent Voice of European Private Equity. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  8. ^ "BHF Chair joins the Institute's Board". Francis Crick Institute (Press release). 23 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  9. ^ "46: Philip Yea". The Times. 7 November 2005. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Duke of York says Yea as ex 3i boss gets Royal approval". The Daily Telegraph. 16 June 2009.
  11. ^ "The Times & The Sunday Times". thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  12. ^ "The Times Power 100: Do you Know who Really Runs Britain's Boardrooms?". PR Newswire (Press release). 7 November 2005. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2024.