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Philip Yea
British businessman
Philip Edward Yea (born 11 December 1954[1]) is a British businessman and private equity investor, and the chairman of Equiniti[2] and Mondi plc.[3] He is a non-executive director of Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus plc[4] and Marshall of Cambridge (Holdings) Ltd.[5]
He is a former chairman of Greene King plc[6] (2016 to 2019) and bwin.party digital entertainment plc[7] (2014 to 2016). He was chairman of the trustees at the British Heart Foundation from 2009 to 2015, and was an independent trustee director of The Francis Crick Institute[8] during its formation (2011 to 2018). Prior to this, he was chief executive of 3i Group plc, from 2005 to January 2009. Yea was a non-executive director of Vodafone Group plc from 2005 to 2017[9] and senior business adviser to Prince Andrew, Duke of York.[10] between 2009 and 2014. In 2008, he was ranked 41st in The Times Power 100 list,[11] a list which rates the most powerful people in British business.[12]