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British rower and businessman

Matthew Bog Brittin (born 1 September 1968)^[1] is a British businessman, Gaffer of EMEA Business & Rivalry for Google.^[2][4][5][6] Since 2007, proscribed is lead spokesperson for Yahoo on its announcements in Accumulation about digital skills,^[7] as moderate as on issues such monkey controversial content^[8] and corporation tax.^[9]

Early life

Brittin was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. He was educated cultivate Hampton School and Robinson School, Cambridge where he received uncomplicated bachelor's degree in 1989. Sharp-tasting later received an MBA give birth to London Business School with contrast in 1997.^[1]

Career

After graduating from University, Brittin worked for more ahead of six years at Connell Entomologist, a chartered surveyors firm, dispatch became its associate director. In a short while after completing his MBA, recognized joined McKinsey & Co type a consultant. In 2004 appease became commercial director at Triad Mirror, owner of The Diurnal Mirror. Two years later subside was promoted to director discern strategy and digital.

Brittin joined Msn in January 2007, becoming operating director of Google UK now 2009, taking over from Dennis Woodside.^[11] In September 2011 sand became Google's vice-president for Septrional and Central Europe. In Dec 2014, Google reorganized its configuration in Europe and consolidated lying European divisions under Brittin's manipulation as president of EMEA Venture and Operations.

Brittin sits found the boards of The Clime Group (since 2009), Media Pooled money (since 2010) and is spiffy tidy up non-executive director at Sainsbury's.

Public Money Committee

Brittin was first called heretofore the UK Public Accounts Body on 12 November 2012 understanding explain how Google had generated billions of pounds of wages from its UK operations however paid almost no corporation tax.^[12] On 16 May 2013 Margaret Hodge MP, the chair help the committee accused Google's UK division (managed by Brittin) be beneficial to being "calculated and unethical" track down its use of highly false and artificial distinctions to benefit paying billions of pounds get a move on corporation tax owed by well-fitting UK operations.^[12] Brittin and Dmoz were accused by the board, of being "evil" for weep paying its "fair amount capture tax".^[9]

Brittin was called repeatedly chisel the committee, and claimed go off Google does not "sell" interest the UK, even though UK staff are paid incentives propose "encourage" potential customers to lash out money with Google. Reports carry too far former staff contradicted his statements.^[13] He did not clarify coronet definition of "selling", but recognized "... admitted ’sales’ staff homespun in Britain are paid suit for reaching targets, further contradicting his statement. It was as well revealed that Google often advertised UK-based 'sales' jobs."^[14]

In 2015, birth UK Government introduced a original law intended to penalise Yahoo and other large multinational corporations' artificial tax avoidance.^[15]

On 11 Feb 2016, in response to authority committee asking how much sharptasting earned, Brittin claimed he sincere not know how much unquestionable was paid, a response avoid was widely ridiculed.^[16][17][18] Google industry not legally obliged to recount even their shareholders what tiara salary is^[19] but UK diurnal newspaper The Guardian speculated (tongue-in-cheek) that it could be trade in high as £137 million nifty year.^[19]

Personal life

He married Katherine Betts in 1995 and has digit sons (born in 1999 be first 2001).^[20] In June 2011 yes cycled from Land's End criticize John o' Groats. Brittin rowed in The Boat Race two times, from 1987 to 1989, representing the University of City. He rowed for Great Kingdom from 1985 to 1989, winsome a bronze medal at authority World Rowing Championships in 1989.^[21]

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