Zillah Byng-Thorne
British businesswoman
About Zillah Byng-Thorne
Zillah Byng-Thorne (, born November 1974) is a British businesswoman, and chief executive of Dignity Funerals. She is the former CEO of Future plc, an FTSE 250 British media company, since April 2014. She was described by The Guardian in September 2022 as "one of the UK’s most successful media executives."
Career Byng-Thorne qualified as an accountant with Nestlé UK. In 2021, she earned £8.8 million as chief executive, which included a salary of £575,000, a bonus of £1.15 million and £7.03 million through a performance share plan. until stepping down in September 2022, at the same time as she was appointed as deputy chairman of online reviews site Trustpilot.
Zillah Byng-Thorne became CEO of the Dignity Funerals Group in June 2024.
Personal life She is married to Max Thorne. She has three sons and two stepsons.
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