Hugo Drayton is a professional in their field. They is proficient in Italian. Colleagues describe them as "Hugo provided firm but fair leadership throughout my time working under him at Telegraph Digital. He had the great ability of balancing immense commercial pressures with being sympathetic to some of the technical challenges that we were trying to surmount and had time to listen to all members of his reporting team. I would happily work under Hugo's leadership again in the future if the opportunity arose."