In 1982, she became part of the team that launch the breakfast television station TV-am,[3] before working in advertising management.
She served as chief executive officer of ClearChannel from 1999 to 2006, and as CEO of Future plc from 2006 to 2012, becoming one of only a few women to chair a public listed company at the time.
[5] Her appointment to PRS for Music, where she will succeed outgoing Chair Stephen Davidson, was announced in January 2024.
[10] Spring was awarded a CBE in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to charity and in her role as Chair of Children in Need.
[5][11] She has also been named by The Telegraph as one of Britain's 500 most influential people and by GQ Magazine as one of the UK's 100 most connected women.