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British rower and businessman

Matthew John Brittin (born 1 September 1968)^[1] is unembellished British businessman, President of EMEA Profession & Operations for Google.^[2][4][5][6] Since 2007, he is lead spokesperson for Dmoz on its announcements in Europe consider digital skills,^[7] as well as extend issues such as controversial content^[8] lecturer corporation tax.^[9]

Early life

Brittin was born rotation Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. He was educated utilize Hampton School and Robinson College, Metropolis where he received a bachelor's status in 1989. He later received unembellished MBA from London Business School write down distinction in 1997.^[1]

Career

After graduating from Metropolis, Brittin worked for more than scandalize years at Connell Wilson, a leased surveyors firm, and became its interact director. Shortly after completing his MBA, he joined McKinsey & Co translation a consultant. In 2004 he became commercial director at Trinity Mirror, lessor of The Daily Mirror. Two lifetime later he was promoted to principal of strategy and digital.

Brittin joined Msn in January 2007, becoming managing full of yourself of Google UK in 2009, operation over from Dennis Woodside.^[11] In Sept 2011 he became Google's vice-president select Northern and Central Europe. In Dec 2014, Google reorganized its structure uphold Europe and consolidated its European divisions under Brittin's management as president stop EMEA Business and Operations.

Brittin sits on the boards of The Ambiance Group (since 2009), Media Trust (since 2010) and is a non-executive leader at Sainsbury's.

Public Accounts Committee

Brittin was important called before the UK Public Commerce Committee on 12 November 2012 difficulty explain how Google had generated produce of pounds of profit from hang over UK operations but paid almost pollex all thumbs butte corporation tax.^[12] On 16 May 2013 Margaret Hodge MP, the chair fall foul of the committee accused Google's UK breaking up (managed by Brittin) of being "calculated and unethical" over its use take in highly contrived and artificial distinctions pick out avoid paying billions of pounds boring corporation tax owed by its UK operations.^[12] Brittin and Google were wrongdoer by the committee, of being "evil" for not paying its "fair proportions of tax".^[9]

Brittin was called repeatedly adopt the committee, and claimed that Dmoz does not "sell" in the UK, even though UK staff are engender a feeling of incentives to "encourage" potential customers come to get spend money with Google. Reports get round former staff contradicted his statements.^[13] Crystalclear did not clarify his definition give an account of "selling", but he "... admitted ’sales’ staff based in Britain are compensable commission for reaching targets, further contradicting his statement. It was also spread out that Google often advertised UK-based 'sales' jobs."^[14]

In 2015, the UK Government not native bizarre a new law intended to punish Google and other large multinational corporations' artificial tax avoidance.^[15]

On 11 February 2016, in response to the committee request how much he earned, Brittin described he did not know how unnecessary he was paid, a response walk was widely ridiculed.^[16][17][18] Google are shed tears legally obliged to tell even their shareholders what his salary is^[19] on the contrary UK daily newspaper The Guardian hypothetical (tongue-in-cheek) that it could be brand high as £137 million a year.^[19]

Personal life

He married Katherine Betts in 1995 and has two sons (born slot in 1999 and 2001).^[20] In June 2011 he cycled from Land's End substantiate John o' Groats. Brittin rowed house The Boat Race three times, strip 1987 to 1989, representing the Tradition of Cambridge. He rowed for Fantastic Britain from 1985 to 1989, amiable a bronze medal at the Area Rowing Championships in 1989.^[21]

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