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Philip Machray

Non-Executive Director

Phil joined System1 Group in 2022 as a Non-Executive Director and was appointed Chairman of the Remuneration Committee in September of the same year. He started his career at Deloitte in 1992, rising to Director of Assurance and Advisory. He then joined Trinity Mirror Group, where he held a number of roles, and became Director of Corporate Development, reporting to the CEO, of what became Reach PLC. Since 2021, Phil has been Chief Financial Officer and a Chief Executive Officer from January 2024 of Merit Group plc (now Merit Group Ltd), a data and intelligence business, and a Non-Executive Director and audit committee Chair of Digitalbox, a mobile-first digital publisher and AIM-listed company.

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