Board of Directors
John C. Malone
Director since: June 2005
Member of Executive and Succession Planning (Chair) Committees
John is an experienced business executive, having served as the Chief Executive Officer of Telecommunications Inc. (TCI) for over 25 years until it merged with AT&T Corporation in 1999. During that period, he successfully led TCI as it grew through acquisitions and construction into the largest multiple cable system operator in the US, invested in and nurtured the development of unique cable television programming, including the Discovery Channel, QVC and Starz/Encore, expanded through joint ventures into international cable operations in the UK (Telewest Communications plc), Japan (Jupiter Telecommunications Co. Ltd. or J:COM) and other countries, and invested in new technologies, including high speed internet, alternative telephony providers, wireless personal communications services and direct-to-home satellite.
Other Public Company Directorships:
Liberty Media Corporation (Chair since August 2011)
Qurate Retail, Inc. (since 1994; Chair 2004 to March 2018)
Discovery Communications, Inc. (since September 2008)
Liberty Broadband Corporation (Chair since November 2014)
Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (Chair since September 2016)
GCI Liberty, Inc. (Chair since March 2018)
Expedia Group Inc. (December 2010 to December 2017)
Charter Communications, Inc. (May 2013 to July 2018)
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp (March 2015 to September 2018)
Liberty Trip Advisor Holdings, Inc. (August 2014 to June 2015)
Sirius XM Radio Inc. (April 2009-May 2013)
Other Positions:
Charter Communications, Inc. (Director Emeritus)
CableLabs® (Chairman Emeritus)
The Cable Center (honorary board member)
Mike Fries
Mike Fries is Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Liberty Global, a world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications. Liberty Global delivers next-generation products through advanced fiber and 5G networks that connect 85 million subscribers across Europe and the UK. Its businesses operate under some of the best-known consumer brands, including Virgin Media O2 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, Telenet in Belgium, Sunrise UPC in Switzerland, Virgin Media in Ireland, and UPC in Slovakia. The joint ventures in the UK and The Netherlands generate combined annual revenue of over $17 billion, while remaining operations generate consolidated revenue of more than $7 billion*. Through its substantial scale and commitment to innovation, Liberty Global is building Tomorrow’s Connections Today, investing in the infrastructure that empowers customers and deploying the advanced technologies that nations and economies need to thrive.
As a member of the management team that founded the company over 30 years ago, Fries launched its international expansion, and has served in various strategic and operating capacities since then. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2005 and serves as a member of its two-person Executive Committee along with Chairman, Dr. John C. Malone.
Fries is also Executive Chairman of Liberty Latin America (LLA), a leading broadband and mobile operator in Chile, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and other parts of Latin America that serves 10.8 million broadband, video, voice and mobile subscribers and generates $4.5 billion of annual revenue. LLA was split off from Liberty Global to focus purely on organic and strategic growth in the region. Fries also serves on the corporate boards of Grupo Televisa and Lionsgate Entertainment.
Fries is an engaged industry and community leader. He serves as board member for Cable Labs and trustee for The Paley Center for Media, and he chairs the boards for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver and the Biennial of the Americas. He is a Digital Communications Governor and Steering Committee Member of the World Economic Forum and a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization. Recognition for his achievements includes EY Entrepreneur of the Year in Media, Entertainment and Telecommunications, Industry Leader of the Year by Digital TV Europe, and inductions into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame and the Cable Hall of Fame, which recognizes pioneers and leaders in the cable industry. Mike holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University, where he serves on the Board of Trustees, and an M.B.A. from Columbia University, where he is a member of the Board of Overseers for the Business School.
* Revenue figures based upon 2020 results and on a combined Virgin Media and O2 UK basis
Andrew J. Cole
Director since June 2013
Member of Compensation and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees
Andrew has most recently founded a new nationwide TV news business in the UK called GB News. Since August 2014, he has also served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Glow Financial Services, a private company. Glow Financial Services is a FinTech provider of mobile handset and CPE financing for wireless carriers, OEMs, retailers, and cable companies. Until August 2014, he was the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the EMEA division of Asurion Corp, a private entity and the world’s largest technology protection (e.g. phone insurance) company. He assumed that role in May 2009, after serving as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President at Asurion Corp in the US from April 2007. Andrew has over 25 years of experience working in the Telecommunications and Media industry with a particular depth of experience in the mobile sector. Over this time he was a management consultant partner serving clients such as Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, BT, Warner Music, Disney, Google, and notably was hired personally by Steve Jobs on the iPhone® in 2005-06 when he was president of CSMG Advents, a strategic consultancy firm that focused on the telecommunications media and entertainment markets, from October 2005 to April 2007. Prior to this, he worked as a partner at A.T. Kearney and Senior Consultant at LEK Consulting.
Other Public Company Directorships:
Arundel Capital (May 2013- Oct 2017)
Miranda Curtis CMG
Director since June 2010
Member of Audit, Nominating & Corporate Governance and Succession Planning Committees
Miranda has over 30 years of experience in the international media and telecommunications industry, starting with the international distribution of programming for the BBC before moving to the cable industry. Her most recent positions were as an executive officer of our predecessor LGI and its predecessor where she served as President of Liberty Media International Inc. and subsequently as President of Liberty Global Japan. In these positons, she oversaw cable and programming investments in Europe and Asia. In particular, she was responsible for the negotiation, oversight and management of a joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation that led to the formation of Jupiter Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (J:COM), the largest multiple cable system operator in Japan, and Jupiter TV Co., Ltd., a leading provider of content services to the Japanese cable and satellite industries, as well as other content ventures in Europe and Asia. In early 2010, Miranda retired from her officer position with our company following the sale of substantially all of our investments in Japan.
Other Public Company Directorships:
Liberty Latin America Ltd. (since December 2017)
Marks & Spencer plc (February 2012 to January 2018)
John W. Dick
Director Since June 2010
Member of Audit and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees
John has over 40 years of experience as a founder, director and chairman of public and private companies in a variety of industries, including real estate, automotive, telecommunications, oil exploration and international shipping based in a number of countries and regions, including the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, Russia, China and Africa. John was a Director and Non-executive Chairman of the board of Terracom Broadband, a private company that developed and operated a fibre-based internet network and a digital cellular network in Rwanda, and following its purchase by Terracom Broadband, of Rwandatel, the incumbent telephone company in Rwanda, until the sale of these companies in 2007.
Marisa Drew
Director since March 2022
Marisa’s extensive experience includes a long career at the international financial services company, Credit Suisse, where she held a variety of roles including Co-Head of Investment Banking and Capital Markets for EMEA and Global Co-Head of the Global Markets Solutions Group, and most recently as Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance. Prior to that she worked for Merrill Lynch and the private equity firm and investment bank, Kidder Peabody. In 2022, Ms. Drew was recognized by Sustainability Magazine as one of the Top 10 CSOs of a Global Corporation and in 2021 as one of 100 Global Visionary Leaders by Meaningful Business. Starting in July, Ms. Drew will become Chief Sustainability Officer at Standard Chartered Bank.
Boards and Advisory Board Roles:
City of London Corporation (Non-executive director since late 2021)
Aspen Institute UK (Advisory Board)
Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy (Advisory Board)
FCA’s Markets Practitioner Panel
HLG for Humanitarian Aid and the Oceans Panel (Co-chair)
The Wharton School (Advisory Board)
Room-to-read charity (Advisory Board)
Paul A. Gould
Director since June 2005
Member of Audit (Chair), Compensation, Nominating & Corporate Governance and Succession Planning Committees
Paul has over 40 years of experience in the investment banking industry. He is a Managing Director of Allen & Company, LLC, a position that he has held for more than the last five years, and is a senior member of Allen & Company’s mergers and acquisitions advisory practice. In that capacity, he has served as a financial advisor to many Fortune 500 companies, principally in the media and entertainment industries. Paul joined Allen & Company in 1972. In 1975, he established Allen Investment Management, which manages capital for endowments, pension funds and family offices.
Other Public Company Directorships:
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. (since 2002)
Discovery, Inc. (since September 2008)
Liberty Latin America Ltd. (since December 2017)
Other Positions:
International Monetary Fund (Advisory Committee)
Richard “Dick” R Green
Director since December 2008
Member of Compensation, Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees
For over 20 years, Dick served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., a non-profit cable television industry research and development consortium (CableLabs®) before retiring in December 2009. While at CableLabs®, Dick oversaw the development of DOCSIS technology, the establishment of common specifications for digital voice and the deployment of interactive television, among other technologies for the cable industry. Prior to joining CableLabs®, he was a Senior Vice President at PBS (1984 – 1988), where he was instrumental in establishing PBS as a leader in high definition television and digital audio transmission technology, and served as a director of CBS’s Advanced Television Technology Laboratory (1980 – 1983), where he managed and produced the first high definition television programs in December 1981, among other accomplishments. Dick is the author of over 55 technical papers on a variety of topics. Currently, Dick is a professor and the director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the University of Denver.
Other Public Company Directorships:
Shaw Communications Inc. (since July 2010)
Liberty Broadband Corporation (since November 2014)
GCI Liberty Inc. (since March 2018)
Other Positions:
The Cable Center (honorary board member)
Federal Communications Commission’s Technical Advisory Council (member)
Larry E. Romrell
Director since June 2005
Member of Compensation (Chair) and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees
Larry has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He was an Executive Vice President of Telecommunications Inc. (TCI) from January 1994 to March 1999, when it was acquired by AT&T Corporation, and a senior vice president of TCI from 1991 to 1994. Prior to becoming an Executive Officer at TCI, Larry held various executive positions at WestMarc Communications, Inc. for almost 20 years.
Other Public Company Directorships:
Liberty Media Corporation (since September 2011)
Qurate Retail, Inc. (since December 2011)
Liberty Trip Advisor Holdings, Inc. (since August 2014)
Daniel Sanchez
Director since March 2022
Daniel’s experience includes 30 years as a private practice attorney, representing individuals and business clients in a variety of non-litigation areas. He was a full member of the Board of Ethics of the City of Stamford, CT, which he was appointed to by the mayor in 2012. He is a member of the Development Committee of the Smithsonian Museum of the American Latino and is active in Latinos for Education, which connects diverse leaders to the education sector to create equity and opportunity for Latino youth. He has previously held board positions at Lionsgate and Starz. In 2012, he earned his master’s degree in tax law (LL.M.).
Other Public Company Directorships:
Discovery (since May 2017)
Liberty Latin America (since December 2019)
J. David Wargo
Director since June 2005
Member of Audit and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees
David has over 35 years of experience in investment research, analysis and management. He is the Founder and President of Wargo & Company, Inc., a private company specialising in investing in the communications industry since 1993. David is a co-founding member of Peters Creek Entertainment LLC from 2010 and is a co-founding member of Asia Vision LLC since 2015. In addition, he is a co-founder and was a member of New Mountain Capital, LLC from 2000 to 2008.
Other Public Company Directorships:
Strayer Education, Inc. (since March 2001)
Discovery, Inc. (since September 2008)
Liberty Trip Advisor Holdings, Inc. (since August 2014)
Liberty Broadband Corporation (since March 2015)
VObile Group Ltd. (since January 2018)