Chief Financial Officer at Classic Media
Oxford, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Chief Financial Officer at Classic Media (formerly Entertainment Rights)
- Past
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- Group Finance Director at Boosey & Hawkes Limited
- Finance Director at Ottakar's plc
- Finance Director at Helicon Publishing
- Managing Executive at Priory Investments
- Chief Financial Accountant at House of Fraser (Stores) plc
- Financial Accountant at Waterstone & Co
- Assistant Manager at Coopers & Lybrand
- Education
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- Magdalene College Cambridge
- Dulwich College
- Connections
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- Industry
- Publishing
- Websites
Edward Knighton’s Summary
I am a Finance Director with extensive experience in private, AIM listed and fully listed companies.
My entire career has been spent managing growth in small and medium sized enterprises. For example, I helped to list a media business (Helicon) on AIM in 1997, selling it to WH Smith Group in 1999, and then contributed to a turnaround in a listed retailer (Ottakar's plc) from 2000 to 2004 - a period when profits and the share price rose tenfold.
I joined Boosey & Hawkes as Finance Director in January 2006, conducted a refinancing and cost cutting exercise and helped to sell the business in April 2008 for £126m to the independent music publisher Imagem who were backed by ABP, the Dutch government pension fund.
I joined Entertainment Rights plc in October 2008 and achieved a sale of the business to Boomerang Media in April 2009, at which point it was renamed Classic Media. I am presently completing the post--sale integration process and will leave the company in September 2009.
Edward Knighton’s Specialties:
Retail
Publishing/Media
PLC investor relations
Corporate finance
Private equity
Banking relationships
Turnaround
Edward Knighton’s Experience
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Chief Financial Officer
Classic Media (formerly Entertainment Rights)
(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
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Group Finance Director
Boosey & Hawkes Limited
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Music industry)
January 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 9 months)
Group Finance Director of Boosey & Hawkes, the world's largest publisher of non-pop music.
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Finance Director
Ottakar's plc
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OKR; Retail industry)
March 2000 — November 2004 (4 years 9 months)
Finance Director
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Finance Director
Helicon Publishing
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
March 1996 — February 2000 (4 years)
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Managing Executive
Priory Investments
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
February 1991 — March 1996 (5 years 2 months)
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Chief Financial Accountant
House of Fraser (Stores) plc
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Retail industry)
April 1990 — February 1991 (11 months)
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Financial Accountant
Waterstone & Co
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Retail industry)
September 1988 — April 1990 (1 year 8 months)
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Assistant Manager
Coopers & Lybrand
(Retail industry)
1983 — 1988 (5 years)
Edward Knighton’s Education
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Magdalene College Cambridge
BA Hons , Classics , October 1980 — June 1983
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Dulwich College
September 1973 — December 1979
