Position: Chairman and member of Audit Commitee

William was Chief Executive of Gullane Entertainment plc until 2002.  He helped grow the business from a six-person, £400k turnover business into a London Stock Exchange listed company with a turnover of over £50m, 150 employees and offices in the UK, US, Canada and Japan.  As Chief Executive he led the transformation of Gullane from a one-property company (Thomas the Tank Engine) into a broadly based family entertainment studio, through organic growth and a series of acquisitions of rights and properties, including the underlying rights to Thomas the Tank Engine, Guinness World Records, Media Merchants, Fireman Sam and David & Charles Children’s Books.  During this period Gullane’s share price increased from £1.30 to £4.30, its market capitalisation from £31m to £133m and earnings per share from 6.66p to 20.85p.  Gullane was acquired by HIT Entertainment PLC in September 2002.