BNET Industries
- Private
- UK
Dow Jones Description
Holding Company
Board of Directors
Mark PooleNumber of Employees 30,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Offices of Other Holding Companies: 551112
Recent Events
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Virgin Group enters Britain's gadget help market (Reuters)
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Virgin Seeks Bank Role
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Virgin Blue airline seeks to raise $189 million
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Richard Branson's Social Travel Site: A Strange Game of Twister or Waste of Time?
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Virgin Active seeks to grow la dolce vita
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en2go International Inc. Enters Virgin Territory, Signs Beta Testing License Agreement With Virgin Management Limited
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Starfish Greathearts Foundation and Virgin Megastores Launch Photo Exhibit to Benefit South African Children Orphaned...
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Company unveils jet meant to help launch passenger spaceship
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Virgin Galactic Unveils New Mothership
News & Analysis
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The accountant who turned a few pints into $78m.
- 2003-11-12
Nov 10, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The CEO of Virgin Blue Airlines in Australia, Brett Godfrey, will receive 34.75 million shares in the airline's forthcoming public float. The budget airline announced the December float on 10 November 2003, and...
The cloud over Ansett.
- 2002-03-20
Mar 21, 2002 BRW ABIX via COMTEX -- The process for the revival of Ansett Australia Holdings is being questioned and examined following the collapse of the rescue bid. The rescue bid was through the Tesna Holdings consortium of Solomon Lew and Lindsay Fox....
Virgin territory
- 2000-03-01
Sir Richard Branson, the middle-aged boy wonder of British business, plans to add Australian aviation to the international empire of 150 enterprises which bear his billion-dollar brand name. Branson intends to establish a discount airline based in Australia before the Sydney Olympics to challenge Qantas and Ansett with a...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Dimitri Pauwels | Partner |
| Shai Weiss | Managing Partner |
| Ashley Stockwell | Director, Group Brand Marketing |
| Gareth Lewis | Director, Info Technology Services |
| Susannah Parden | Director, Finance Control |
| Helena Samaha | General Counsel |
| Michael Odai | General Counsel |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Mark Poole | Board of Directors |
Mark Poole has served on our board of directors since June 2007. Mr. Poole joined the Virgin Group in 1991 as a tax consultant and was subsequently appointed Group Tax Director. After five years in this position, he was appointed the Virgin Group chief financial officer in 2000 and the Deputy Group chief executive officer in September 2005. Mr. Poole is a member of the Virgin Group Investment Advisory Committee and holds a number of non-executive directorships in the Virgin Group including Virgin Group Holdings Limited (Group holding company), Virgin Atlantic Limited (for which he chairs the Audit Committee), SN Airholdings, Virgin Retail Limited. Virgin Hotels Group Limited and Virgin Active Group Limited amongst numerous others. Mr. Poole graduated from Bristol University in 1983 with a degree in Civil Engineering (Bachelor of Science). He qualified as a Chartered Accountant (Association of Chartered Accountants) with Binder Hamlyn in London in 1989.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Virgin Mobile USA | Board of Directors | Current |
| Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Group Tax Director | Former |
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Consultant | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Partner | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Managing Partner | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Director, Group Brand Marketing | Current |
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Director, Group Brand Marketing | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Director, Info Technology Services | Current |
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Director, Info Technology Services | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Director, Finance Control | Current |
| Virgin Group Ltd. | Director, Finance Control | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Virgin Group Ltd. | General Counsel | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Virgin Group Ltd. | General Counsel | Current |
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