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Mr Dubens joined the Group in November 2010 as a Non-Executive Director and was appointed Non-Executive Chairman in May 2016. Mr Dubens is the founder and Managing Partner of the Oakley Capital group, a privately owned asset management group comprising Private Equity and Venture Capital managing c.€11 billion. 

Mr Dubens founded Oakley Capital in 2002 to be the partner of choice for entrepreneurs and management teams, helping them to build successful businesses whether they are early-stage or established companies. To that end, Oakley Capital Private Equity invests in and supports the continued growth and development of some of Europe’s leading companies, including IU Group, Germany’s largest and fastest growing University, London’s leading estate agent Dexters, the iconic sailing brand North Sails. Mr Dubens has substantial AIM company experience, he is a director of Oakley Capital Investments plc and previously held the position of Chairman of Pipex Communications plc and 365 Media Group plc.

Mr Ohlund has over 25 years of leadership experience in international digital businesses ranging from leading media brands, consumer platforms and film production. He has served on various boards including as Chairman of then-publicly listed Ricardo (part of Tradus) – which was eventually sold to Naspers for $1.9 billion. Mr Ohlund served as Non-Executive Director at Oscar-winning Condor Films in Switzerland, London-based internet start-up Shutl.com (until its sale to eBay), Facile and Casa in Italy and currently serves on the board of the UK’s leading PropTech, Residently.

As CEO of Germany’s leading online comparison portal Verivox, his innovative transformation leadership quadrupled annual revenue and increased enterprise value sixfold to over €500 million during his tenure of six years. Previously he turned around the digital business unit of “Blick”, a daily Swiss newspaper, to become the number one digital news portal in Switzerland, including developing number one apps in news, sports and entertainment. Prior he served as CEO of logistics firm DPD with annual revenues in excess of €1 billion and a workforce of 11,000 strong.

Lord Rose joined the Group in December 2015 as Chairman of Time Out Market Limited and was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in June 2016. Lord Rose has led a distinguished career in retail for over 40 years, including as Chief Executive and then Chairman of Marks & Spencer plc (2004-2010). Lord Rose has also held Chief Executive positions at Arcadia Group plc, Booker plc, and Argos plc. Lord Rose is the current Chairman of Asda, Zenith Automotive, EG Group, Majid Al Futtaim Retail and Dressipi. Lord Rose was knighted for services to the retail industry and corporate social responsibility in 2008 and was elevated to the House of Lords in 2014. Lord Rose is a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Mr Collins joined the Group in November 2010 as a Non-Executive Director. Mr Collins is a Partner at Oakley Capital Private Equity and has 20 years of private equity investment and operational experience, including originating and structuring transactions in a range of sectors and geographies, including growth equity, MBOs, restructuring and turnaround situations. Mr Collins joined Oakley Capital Private Equity in 2007 as one of the founding partners and has been an investment and board director of a range of international businesses, including Host Europe, Emesa, Intergenia, Verivox, North Sails and Facile. Prior to joining Oakley Capital Private Equity, Mr Collins started his career at GE Capital in 1995 before being seconded to Advent International for two years as an Associate Director. He subsequently joined Henderson Private Capital as Principal and was then a Partner at Wharfedale Capital, where he was involved in the purchase of secondary direct private equity assets. Mr Collins holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economic History from Union College, New York.

David Till co-founded the Oakley Capital Group in 2002 with Peter Dubens. David plays a key role within the Group and has overall responsibility for operations, finance, due diligence, compliance and fund formation. David holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from Essex University, qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand and worked in industry as a finance director, before returning to the profession holding senior M&A roles before co-founding Oakley Capital.

Matt Pritchard joined Time Out Group as CFO in 2023. He has over 25 years of experience of value creation in Retail and FMCG, in both private equity and listed environments, including strategic review and funding of growth strategies. From 2014 to 2023, Matt was CFO of Hotel Chocolat PLC. In this role he formulated long term growth strategies and prepared the business for IPO in 2016, growing revenues and EBITDA. Prior to this, he worked in senior finance roles with several blue-chip retail organisations including Asda and WHSmith. Matt qualified as a Certified Accountant in 1998.