UBM plc Appoints Sally Shankland as EVP, Group People & Culture Director

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LONDON, May 14, 2013 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

    UBM plc today announces the appointment of Sally Shankland as Executive

Vice President, Group People & Culture Director, succeeding Jennifer Duvalier

who joins ARM plc.

    Sally has been promoted to this role from her current position as Chief

Executive Officer of UBM Connect - UBM's US-based $110m portfolio b2b marketing

services business.  Sally will maintain her involvement with UBM Connect as its

non-executive Chairman and the process to appoint her successor as CEO is now

under way.  Sally will continue to be based in New York when she takes up her

worldwide People & Culture role.  

    Sally joined UBM in 1988 and has held successive executive positions in

marketing, sales and management.  Sally led UBM Medica US's successful

transition from a print-based publishing business to its position as one of the

leading digital marketing services businesses serving the US healthcare

market.  She was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer of UBM Connect

in May 2012.

    David Levin, CEO of UBM plc said:

    "I am very pleased to announce Sally's appointment to lead UBM's People &

Culture function, a role which is vitally important to UBM.  Sally will work

closely with me, our CFO Bob Gray and with colleagues on UBM's senior executive

team to continue and further develop our programs to strengthen UBM's positive

culture; to attract, develop and retain the talent which is driving forward

UBM's development; to evolve UBM's organisational structure and operating model

to focus on strong customer and market insight; and, to ensure we are operating

effectively to deliver UBM's strategy as a global events-led marketing services

and communications business."

    "Sally's outstanding operational and commercial management track record at

UBM Connect and at UBM Medica US make her ideally qualified to take on this

larger role, having demonstrated her ability to relate to colleagues and

customers alike, and her focus on creating high performance, inclusive cultures

which produce great results. I am particularly pleased that we've been able to

promote someone into this role who has such deep operational experience and

expertise in UBM and of the wider b2b media industry. Sally's appointment is

also a great demonstration that UBM career paths can span both commercial and

corporate roles."

    Notes to Editors

    1. About UBM plc

    UBM plc is a global events-led marketing services and communications

company.  We help businesses do business, bringing the world's buyers and

sellers together at events and online, as well as producing and distributing

news and specialist content.  Our 5,500 staff in more than 30 countries are

organised into expert teams which serve commercial and professional

communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively

and efficiently.

    For more information, go to http://www.ubm.com; follow us on Twitter at

@UBM_plc to get the latest UBM corporate news.

    2. About UBM Connect

    UBM Connect provides live media, marketing services, education and

interactive digital environments across a number of communities, the largest of

which are medical device design, advanced manufacturing and healthcare.   UBM

Connect's leading brands include MedTechWorld, Medical Design & Manufacturing,

WestPack, Design News, Plastek, PharmaPack, QMed, Cancer Network, Physicians

Practice and Psychiatric Times.

    SOURCE: UBM plc