Board of Directors

Mark Getty is currently the Chairman of the Board of Getty Images, the world’s leading visual communications company. He co-founded the Company in March 1995 with Jonathan Klein and was Executive Chairman of the company through till 2005. From 2005-2018 he was a non-executive director on the Board, but in 2018 he resumed the Chairmanship of the company by the Getty family.

In the late 1980’s, Mark began his professional career with Kidder Peabody in New York and then joined Hambros Bank Limited in London in 1991.

In his capacity as Trustee and Director of various Getty family entities, Mark oversees a diverse programme of investments in all asset classes. In addition, he has been particularly involved in the family’s direct private equity investment activities, which have included investments such as:

• Wisden Cricinfo, which became the leading on-line publisher of data in the world of cricket.
• Hawk-Eye, the sports technology business which is a leader in ball-tracking for officiating and broadcast enhancement in tennis, soccer and cricket.
• Hakluyt, a UK-based provider of commercial and strategic intelligence and research services to major corporate and financial institutions.
• 7digital, the leading B2B digital music platform in the UK.
• andBeyond Group, Africa’s leading luxury adventure travel and lodging business.

Mark was a Trustee of the National Gallery in London between 1999-2015, as well as its Chairman between 2008-2015. He was appointed KBE in 2016 in recognition of his services to the Arts. Mr. Getty also served as Chair of Trustees of the British School in Rome from 2017 to 2026.

Mark was educated at Oxford University and the University of California at Berkeley. He currently lives in Rome. He is married and has four children.

Craig Peters is Chief Executive Officer of Getty Images, the world’s leading content licensing platform. As CEO, Craig has overarching responsibility for the organization across its Getty Images, iStock and Unsplash brands and is a member of Getty Images Board of Directors.

Craig joined Getty Images in 2007 and prior to being appointed CEO in 2019, Craig served as Chief Operating Officer with previous leadership roles across Content, Product, Marketing, Technology and Business Development.

Prior to joining Getty Images, Craig held key leadership roles in media and technology within established and early stage organizations. These included WireImage (acquired by Getty Images), FOX Sports Interactive, the PGA TOUR, Homestead.com (acquired by Intuit) and positions with A. T. Kearney and Eastman Kodak Company. In 2005 while at the PGA TOUR, Craig accepted an Emmy by the National Television Academy for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Enhancement of Original Television Content.

Craig holds an MBA from The Wharton School of Business and a BS in Finance from The Ohio State University.

Elizabeth Abrams is the Founder and Managing Member of Spruce Brook Partners, an independent firm providing corporate governance services. She has spent her career in corporate finance, working with boards, investors, and management teams to develop strategies to navigate transformational change. She serves as an independent director and fiduciary for public and private companies. Elizabeth spent most of her career as an investment banker, most recently as a Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim Securities. Elizabeth also previously served as the chief financial officer of an AI-driven growth stage healthcare company.

Elizabeth received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania Management and Technology Program. She resides in New York City with her family.

Mike Harris is a Managing Director of Koch Equity Development (“KED”). He joined KED in 2013 and is responsible for the origination, evaluation and execution of acquisitions and investments for Koch Industries, Inc. In this capacity, he evaluates opportunities across industries with specific expertise in the software, technology, aerospace and defense, and industrial manufacturing sectors. In addition to his board role at Getty Images, Mike serves as a board observer of Infor, the third largest ERP software vendor globally. He formerly served on the board of Truck-Lite, a leading manufacturer of lighting solutions for commercial and off-road vehicles.

Prior to joining Koch, Mike worked for Bank of America Merrill Lynch advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, capital deployment and structured equity capital alternatives. He also previously worked at Orbital Sciences Corporation as a mechanical engineer in their Launch Systems group.

Mike holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School.

Tracy Knox is a seasoned board member and executive leader with over 25 years of experience driving growth and profitability in the technology sector. With a track record of success in scaling global companies, Tracy has served as CFO for three public companies overseeing complex financial transactions, including leading two of them through the go-public process.

As a Qualified Financial Expert, Tracy currently chairs the Audit Committee for BabyList, a prominent vertical marketplace. Notably, Tracy was the CFO of Rover Group, the world’s largest online marketplace for pet sitting and walking services, where she played a pivotal role in growing the company's Gross Merchandise Value to approximately $1 billion and leading its successful SPAC merger, resulting in a valuation of over $1.3 billion.

Tracy's expertise extends to complex M&A transactions, international expansion, and corporate governance and she has led multiple acquisitions and divestitures. Tracy's leadership in financial markets includes raising significant capital via equity and debt for both Rover and Rightside, a leading domain name services company.

Tracy earned her M.B.A, with honors, from the University of Washington and a B.A., Accounting from Indiana University and joined the board of JumpCloud in 2026.

Patrick is a graduate of Oxford University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PWC in 1990. Since 1991, Patrick Maxwell has followed a career in private equity investment management, initially working with the UK-based investment bank, Hambros. Amongst other deals he was involved with, Patrick played the lead role in Hambros’ co-investment alongside the Getty family in the founding of Getty Images. Patrick also spent four years living and working in South Africa establishing an investment banking business for Hambros in that region.

In May 2004, Patrick moved to work with Mark Getty and the Getty family office, Sutton Place. Patrick’s primary focus has been to build family wealth via long term business-building investments in the content-based media sector, including Getty Images, the Wisden Cricinfo group, 7 Digital, Hawk-Eye Innovations and Hakluyt & Co. Patrick has also been involved in the oversight of Getty family interests in Wormsley Estate (the family’s home and multi-activity rural estate in the UK) and in &Beyond (the leading luxury adventure travel and lodging business). Patrick is on the Board of Directors of &Beyond and Getty Images. In that capacity, he works on all aspects of strategy, acquisitions, corporate finance and management of the working relationship between shareholders and senior management.

Patrick was a Trustee of the Royal Ballet School (2000 – 2011), a Trustee and Investment Committee Chairman of the Henry Smith Charity (£1 billion endowment-based grant-making charity) (2011-2019) and a Director of the UK Tennis & Rackets Association (2013-2018). He is also a Trustee of two Getty family charitable entities, Tara Getty Foundation and Sutton Place Foundation.

Politics, ballet, bridge and competitive sport are Patrick’s leisure time passions.

Jeff currently serves as the Chief Marketing Officer at Stripe, Inc.

Jeff has more than 20 years of leadership experience at B2B and consumer technology companies, where he has focused on driving strong and sustained growth at scale and leading teams through operational, GTM and product transformation.

Before Stripe, Jeff served as Chief Operating Officer at Zendesk, Inc., and before that as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to Zendesk, Jeff held several senior marketing positions at Adobe’s flagship Creative Cloud business, where he helped the company build more direct relationships with its customers as it transitioned to a SaaS business model. Jeff spent the first 15 years of his career running marketing, sales, and other teams at Silicon Valley startup companies, most recently as Chief Marketing Officer at 99designs, Inc.

Jeff holds a B.A. in English from Cornell University and is an avid fitness enthusiast, runner and triathlete. He and his husband live in San Francisco and are the parents of two children.  

Tom Walper is an accomplished executive, attorney, and board director with more than 40 years of experience guiding companies and creditors through complex financial restructurings and strategic transformations. He is the President of Walper Advisory Inc. and previously spent nearly 30 years as a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP. He also served as Head of Corporate Restructuring at Plainfield Asset Management; a hedge fund focused on distressed and opportunity investments.

Since retiring from legal practice in 2025, Walper has served on several public and private company boards, including recently 23andMe and subsidiaries of QVC Group Inc. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and is widely recognized as a leading advisor in bankruptcy and restructuring. Walper holds a B.S. and M.B.A. from the University of Southern California and a J.D. from Loyola Law School.

He also co-founded the Debtor Assistance Pro Bono Program in the Central District of California, which has counseled over 8,000 clients yearly.

Mr. Watson has served on our Board of Directors since February 2019. Since January 1, 2026, Mr. Watson has served as President of Koch Equity, overseeing Koch Equity Development, Koch Disruptive Technologies, and Koch Real Estate Investments.  During the preceding five years, Mr. Watson served as President of Koch Equity Development. Mr. Watson also has served as Vice President, Equity Development of Koch Inc.

Mr. Watson has more than 20 years of financial and executive experience, as well as broad public and private board and committee experience. Mr. Watson currently serves as a director of the parent companies of Infor, Transaction Network Services, MITER Brands, Octave Intelligence plc (Nasdaq: OCTV) and Molex. He serves as a member of the Compensation Committee of MITER Brands, and as a member of the Nomination Committee of Hexagon AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA-B). He formerly served on the boards of directors of Hexagon AB, ADT Inc. (NYSE: ADT), Solera Holdings Inc., Globus, and the Flint Group. Mr. Watson holds a B.S. and a M.B.A. from Binghamton University.