Ellis Watson has held senior positions at companies such as Menzies, FirstGroup, Syco and DC Thomson.
He was headhunted for the position of CEO of Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment Group.
[4] Prior to this, Ellis spent three years as the CEO of Celador, where he was largely responsible for the spread of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
[5] In September 2011 Ellis Watson was appointed Managing Director of Newspapers for DC Thomson.
Ellis Watson is currently, as at September 2018, Executive Chairman of DC Thomson Media as well as DC Thomson's subsidiary companies; Brightsolid, Wild & Wolf and Breakthrough Dundee.