WHO IS DAVID GILL

Last updated : 10 September 2003 By Editor
David Gill, 45, qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in
1981 and after a two year spell in San Francisco left the firm in 1986 to join BOC group in its corporate finance department and then Avis Europe in 1990.

At Avis Europe, he had responsibility for the disposal of the European leasing business to GE Capital for US $1 billion in August 1992.

He joined Manchester United plc in February 1997, having previously been
Finance Director at First Choice Holidays, the third largest UK tour operator, and Proudfoot plc, the worldwide management consultancy quoted on the London
stock exchange.

In August 2000 he was promoted to Deputy Chief Executive whilst retaining his
Finance Director responsibilities. In July 2001 recruitment for a new Finance
Director commenced and he was promoted to the role of Group Managing
Director, allowing him to concentrate on managing the day-to-day operations of the business (including sponsorship & marketing, business development,
financial services, conference & catering, ticketing & membership and group
property).

He pulled down £487k in benefits in the year to July 2002, up £10k on the
previous year. He's got almost 900,000 share options. He is also a Non-
Executive Director of ebookers plc, the pan-European online travel agency.