Channel 4 Board

1 March 2011

Executive Members

David Abraham

David became Channel 4's sixth Chief Executive in May 2010. Prior to this he was Chief Executive of UKTV, where he led the re-launch of the G2 channel as Dave.

Between 2005-2007 David was President and General Manager for TLC at Discovery Networks USA, where he oversaw all content investment and strategy. Between 2001-2005 David was General Manager of Discovery Networks UK.

David began his career in 1984 at advertising agency Benton and Bowles and was a founding partner and Chief Operating Officer at independent advertising agency St Luke's.

David is also a non-executive Director of Skillset, the sector skills council for creative media.

 

Anne Bulford FCA

 

Appointed Group Finance Director in July 2005 and promoted to Chief Operating Officer on 4 June 2010, she was interim Chief Executive between November 2009-May 2010.

Before joining Channel 4, Anne spent three years with the Royal Opera House as Director of Finance and Business Affairs, prior to which she was Finance Director at Carlton Productions.

Anne has also worked at the BBC as Finance Director of BBC Productions and Head of Internal Audit. Before joining the BBC Anne qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG.

She is a lay member of the council of University College London and Honorary Treasurer, an elected Trustee of the Motor Neurone Disease Association and a Trustee of the Teacher Awards Trust.

Jonathan Allen

Jonathan graduated from Newcastle University in Economics and immediately joined a full service agency, Cravens Advertising, in the city. After a year planning and buying across all media for Northern Rock, Allders and the Halifax, he joined OMD UK as a Graduate TV Buyer in 1995.

After a number of years working on clients such as Barclaycard, Boots, American Airlines and AXA, Jonathan was appointed to the board as TV Director in January 2000.  In 2002, he broadened his role into that of Business Director, responsible for running a number of accounts including PepsiCo, easyJet and Barclaycard.  In Feb 2005, Jonathan was appointed Deputy Managing Director and in January 2007 he became Managing Director, reporting into CEO, Steve Williams.

In September 2011, he made the move to join C4 as our Sales Director.

Chair

Charles Gurassa

Apponted as non-Executive Chair of Channel 4 on 28th January 2016.  His appointment runs until 27th January 2019. 

Charles is also Deputy Chairman at EasyJet plc, Senior Independent Director of Merlin Entertainments plc, and a trustee of English Heritage and the Migration Museum.

He is a former Chairman of Virgin Mobile plc, LOVEFiLM , Phones4U, MACH, Tragus, Parthenon Entertainments and Alamo/National Rent a Car and former Deputy Chairman of the National Trust .

His executive career included roles as Chief Executive of Thomson Travel Group plc, Executive Chairman TUI Northern Europe, Director TUI AG and as Director, Passenger & Cargo business at British Airways. He is a former non-executive Director at Whitbread plc, trustee of the children’s charity Whizz-Kidz and a member of the development board of the University of York.

Deputy Chairman

Lord Puttnam

Joined the Board as Deputy Chairman in February 2006. His previous appointment ran until 31 January 2011 and has been extended to 31 January 2012.

After 30 years as an independent film producer, David now focuses on his interests in education and is Chancellor of the Open University.

He was awarded a CBE in 1982, knighted in 1995 and appointed to the House of Lords in 1997.

Deputy Chairman

Lord Hall

Joined the Board on 1 April 2005. He was appointed Deputy Chairman in February 2012. His appointment runs until 31 March 2015.

He is Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House, the Chair of the Cultural Olympiad, a Trustee of the British Council and a former Chief Executive of BBC News. On 22 March 2010 he became a crossbench member of the House of Lords.

Stephen Hill

Joined the Board in January 2006. His previous appointment ran until 31 December 2010 and has been extended to 31 December 2011.

From 2003 to 2005, Stephen was Chief Executive of Betfair Ltd. Previously he worked at Pearson plc, including six years as Chief Executive of the Financial Times Media Group, and was closely involved in setting up the BSB consortium and its subsequent merger with Sky.

Stephen is also Chairman and Chief Executive of The Harbour Group, a private investment company, and Treasurer and Trustee of RNID, the Royal National Institute for Deaf People.

Martha Lane Fox

Joined the Board in February 2006. Her previous appointment ran until 31 January 2011 and has been extended until 31 January 2012.

As the UK Government's Digital Champion, Martha Lane Fox chairs the Race Online 2012 campaign and sits on the Cabinet Office's Efficiency and Reform Board. She is also non-executive director at Marks & Spencer and MyDeco.com.

In 1998, with Brent Hoberman, she founded lastminute.com, Europe's largest travel and leisure website. In 2000 they floated the business and Martha remained on the board until its sale.

In 2005 she co-founded Lucky Voice, a karaoke business with five venues and a growing online business. In 2007 she launched a grant-giving foundation, Antigone.

Jay Hunt

Appointed Chief Creative Officer in January 2011.

Before joining Channel 4, Jay Hunt was Controller, BBC One. Jay initially joined the BBC in 1989. In 1994 she moved to Newsnight as output editor and filmmaker and then to Panorama. In 1999 she was made editor of One O'Clock News before going on to edit the Six O'Clock News. In 2005 Jay become Controller of BBC Daytime.

Jay Hunt also worked as Director of Programmes at Five in 2007 before returning to the BBC in 2008.

Monica Burch

 

 

Joined the Board on 1 October 2010. Her appointment runs until 30 September 2013.

 

Monica is Senior Partner at Addleshaw Goddard LLP and head of the firm's intellectual property litigation practice having qualified as a solicitor with them.

Monica also heads the firm's consumer practice.

 

Non-executive Members

Monica Burch

 

Monica Burch joined the Board on 1 October 2010. Her initial appointment ran until September 2013 and has been extended until September 2016. Monica is Senior Partner of law firm Addleshaw Goddard LLP, and Chairs the firm’s Board and Charitable Trust. Monica also Chairs The Mentoring Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation which helps women reach the very top of large organisations and was a Board Member of charitable organisation PRIME (which promotes fair and equal access to quality work experience in the legal profession) from 2012 to 2015.

Monica is a Partner in Addleshaw Goddard’s litigation practice. Monica was appointed a Civil Recorder in 2010 (a part-time judicial appointment), is a CEDR-qualified mediator and was named by The Lawyer magazine as one of the ‘Hot 100 Lawyers’ in 2007 and 2011. She was named in the Timewise Power Part-Time List in 2013. Monica graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Jurisprudence in 1987, and gained a distinction in her Masters Degree in Commercial Intellectual Property from Nottingham Trent University in 2007. Monica has worked in the US and UK, and has advised a variety of businesses, mainly in the consumer sector, across the globe.

Alicja Lesniak FCA

Joined the Board on 1 October 2010. Her appointment runs until 30 September 2016.

Alicja is also a non-executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of DTZ Holdings plc, and a non-executive Director of SThree plc, a specialist permanent and contract staffing business. Until 2009 Alicja was Chief Financial Officer of Aegis plc. Prior to this she was Chief Financial Officer of BBDO EMEA, Chief Financial Officer of Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide, and Managing Director of J Walter Thompson.

Mark Price

 

Joined the Board on 1 October 2010, and is currently Deputy Chairman. His appointment runs until 30 September 2016.

 

Mark is Managing Director of Waitrose and on Deputy Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership.
Mark is also Chair of the Prince's Rural Action Programme and Chairman of Business In The Community.

Richard Rivers

 

Joined the Board on 1 October 2010. His appointment runs until 30 September 2016.

 

Richard is also a non-executive director of Mothercare Plc and a member of the marketing council at the British Museum. Richard was previously Chief of Staff and Group Head of Corporate Development at Unilever.

 

Jonathan Allan

Appointed Sales Director in September 2011

Jonathan graduated from Newcastle University in Economics and immediately joined a full service agency, Cravens Advertising, in the city. He joined the TV department at the major London media agency, OMD UK, in 1995 and after a number of years working on clients such as Barclaycard, Boots and AXA, Jonathan was appointed to the board as TV Director in January 2000. He then moved into planning for a number of years and was appointed Deputy Managing Director in February 2005 and in January 2007 he became Managing Director, reporting into CEO, Steve Williams.

 

Channel 4 is governed by a unitary board made up of executive and non-executive directors, who are responsible for ensuring that Channel 4 fulfils its remit and delivers its financial responsibilities.

Non-executive directors are appointed by Ofcom in agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The Chief Executive is appointed by the Board and other executive members are appointed after nomination by the Chief Executive and Chair jointly.

 

Executive Members

David Abraham

David became Channel 4's sixth Chief Executive in May 2010. Prior to this he was Chief Executive of UKTV, where he led the re-launch of the G2 channel as Dave.

Between 2005-2007 David was President and General Manager for TLC at Discovery Networks USA, where he oversaw all content investment and strategy. Between 2001-2005 David was General Manager of Discovery Networks UK.

David began his career in 1984 at advertising agency Benton and Bowles and was a founding partner and Chief Operating Officer at independent advertising agency St Luke's.

David is also a non-executive Director of Skillset, the sector skills council for creative media.

 

Anne Bulford FCA

 

Appointed Group Finance Director in July 2005 and promoted to Chief Operating Officer on 4 June 2010, she was interim Chief Executive between November 2009-May 2010.

Before joining Channel 4, Anne spent three years with the Royal Opera House as Director of Finance and Business Affairs, prior to which she was Finance Director at Carlton Productions.

Anne has also worked at the BBC as Finance Director of BBC Productions and Head of Internal Audit. Before joining the BBC Anne qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG.

She is a lay member of the council of University College London and Honorary Treasurer, an elected Trustee of the Motor Neurone Disease Association and a Trustee of the Teacher Awards Trust.

Jonathan Allen

Jonathan graduated from Newcastle University in Economics and immediately joined a full service agency, Cravens Advertising, in the city. After a year planning and buying across all media for Northern Rock, Allders and the Halifax, he joined OMD UK as a Graduate TV Buyer in 1995.

After a number of years working on clients such as Barclaycard, Boots, American Airlines and AXA, Jonathan was appointed to the board as TV Director in January 2000.  In 2002, he broadened his role into that of Business Director, responsible for running a number of accounts including PepsiCo, easyJet and Barclaycard.  In Feb 2005, Jonathan was appointed Deputy Managing Director and in January 2007 he became Managing Director, reporting into CEO, Steve Williams.

In September 2011, he made the move to join C4 as our Sales Director.

Chair

Charles Gurassa

Apponted as non-Executive Chair of Channel 4 on 28th January 2016.  His appointment runs until 27th January 2019. 

Charles is also Deputy Chairman at EasyJet plc, Senior Independent Director of Merlin Entertainments plc, and a trustee of English Heritage and the Migration Museum.

He is a former Chairman of Virgin Mobile plc, LOVEFiLM , Phones4U, MACH, Tragus, Parthenon Entertainments and Alamo/National Rent a Car and former Deputy Chairman of the National Trust .

His executive career included roles as Chief Executive of Thomson Travel Group plc, Executive Chairman TUI Northern Europe, Director TUI AG and as Director, Passenger & Cargo business at British Airways. He is a former non-executive Director at Whitbread plc, trustee of the children’s charity Whizz-Kidz and a member of the development board of the University of York.

Deputy Chairman

Lord Puttnam

Joined the Board as Deputy Chairman in February 2006. His previous appointment ran until 31 January 2011 and has been extended to 31 January 2012.

After 30 years as an independent film producer, David now focuses on his interests in education and is Chancellor of the Open University.

He was awarded a CBE in 1982, knighted in 1995 and appointed to the House of Lords in 1997.

Deputy Chairman

Lord Hall

Joined the Board on 1 April 2005. He was appointed Deputy Chairman in February 2012. His appointment runs until 31 March 2015.

He is Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House, the Chair of the Cultural Olympiad, a Trustee of the British Council and a former Chief Executive of BBC News. On 22 March 2010 he became a crossbench member of the House of Lords.

Stephen Hill

Joined the Board in January 2006. His previous appointment ran until 31 December 2010 and has been extended to 31 December 2011.

From 2003 to 2005, Stephen was Chief Executive of Betfair Ltd. Previously he worked at Pearson plc, including six years as Chief Executive of the Financial Times Media Group, and was closely involved in setting up the BSB consortium and its subsequent merger with Sky.

Stephen is also Chairman and Chief Executive of The Harbour Group, a private investment company, and Treasurer and Trustee of RNID, the Royal National Institute for Deaf People.

Martha Lane Fox

Joined the Board in February 2006. Her previous appointment ran until 31 January 2011 and has been extended until 31 January 2012.

As the UK Government's Digital Champion, Martha Lane Fox chairs the Race Online 2012 campaign and sits on the Cabinet Office's Efficiency and Reform Board. She is also non-executive director at Marks & Spencer and MyDeco.com.

In 1998, with Brent Hoberman, she founded lastminute.com, Europe's largest travel and leisure website. In 2000 they floated the business and Martha remained on the board until its sale.

In 2005 she co-founded Lucky Voice, a karaoke business with five venues and a growing online business. In 2007 she launched a grant-giving foundation, Antigone.

Jay Hunt

Appointed Chief Creative Officer in January 2011.

Before joining Channel 4, Jay Hunt was Controller, BBC One. Jay initially joined the BBC in 1989. In 1994 she moved to Newsnight as output editor and filmmaker and then to Panorama. In 1999 she was made editor of One O'Clock News before going on to edit the Six O'Clock News. In 2005 Jay become Controller of BBC Daytime.

Jay Hunt also worked as Director of Programmes at Five in 2007 before returning to the BBC in 2008.

Monica Burch

 

 

Joined the Board on 1 October 2010. Her appointment runs until 30 September 2013.

 

Monica is Senior Partner at Addleshaw Goddard LLP and head of the firm's intellectual property litigation practice having qualified as a solicitor with them.

Monica also heads the firm's consumer practice.

 

Non-executive Members

Monica Burch

 

Monica Burch joined the Board on 1 October 2010. Her initial appointment ran until September 2013 and has been extended until September 2016. Monica is Senior Partner of law firm Addleshaw Goddard LLP, and Chairs the firm’s Board and Charitable Trust. Monica also Chairs The Mentoring Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation which helps women reach the very top of large organisations and was a Board Member of charitable organisation PRIME (which promotes fair and equal access to quality work experience in the legal profession) from 2012 to 2015.

Monica is a Partner in Addleshaw Goddard’s litigation practice. Monica was appointed a Civil Recorder in 2010 (a part-time judicial appointment), is a CEDR-qualified mediator and was named by The Lawyer magazine as one of the ‘Hot 100 Lawyers’ in 2007 and 2011. She was named in the Timewise Power Part-Time List in 2013. Monica graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Jurisprudence in 1987, and gained a distinction in her Masters Degree in Commercial Intellectual Property from Nottingham Trent University in 2007. Monica has worked in the US and UK, and has advised a variety of businesses, mainly in the consumer sector, across the globe.

Alicja Lesniak FCA

Joined the Board on 1 October 2010. Her appointment runs until 30 September 2016.

Alicja is also a non-executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of DTZ Holdings plc, and a non-executive Director of SThree plc, a specialist permanent and contract staffing business. Until 2009 Alicja was Chief Financial Officer of Aegis plc. Prior to this she was Chief Financial Officer of BBDO EMEA, Chief Financial Officer of Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide, and Managing Director of J Walter Thompson.

Mark Price

 

Joined the Board on 1 October 2010, and is currently Deputy Chairman. His appointment runs until 30 September 2016.

 

Mark is Managing Director of Waitrose and on Deputy Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership.
Mark is also Chair of the Prince's Rural Action Programme and Chairman of Business In The Community.

Richard Rivers

 

Joined the Board on 1 October 2010. His appointment runs until 30 September 2016.

 

Richard is also a non-executive director of Mothercare Plc and a member of the marketing council at the British Museum. Richard was previously Chief of Staff and Group Head of Corporate Development at Unilever.

 

Jonathan Allan

Appointed Sales Director in September 2011

Jonathan graduated from Newcastle University in Economics and immediately joined a full service agency, Cravens Advertising, in the city. He joined the TV department at the major London media agency, OMD UK, in 1995 and after a number of years working on clients such as Barclaycard, Boots and AXA, Jonathan was appointed to the board as TV Director in January 2000. He then moved into planning for a number of years and was appointed Deputy Managing Director in February 2005 and in January 2007 he became Managing Director, reporting into CEO, Steve Williams.

 

Channel 4 is governed by a unitary board made up of executive and non-executive directors, who are responsible for ensuring that Channel 4 fulfils its remit and delivers its financial responsibilities.

Non-executive directors are appointed by Ofcom in agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The Chief Executive is appointed by the Board and other executive members are appointed after nomination by the Chief Executive and Chair jointly.

 

Executive Members

David Abraham

David became Channel 4's sixth Chief Executive in May 2010. Prior to this he was Chief Executive of UKTV, where he led the re-launch of the G2 channel as Dave.

Between 2005-2007 David was President and General Manager for TLC at Discovery Networks USA, where he oversaw all content investment and strategy. Between 2001-2005 David was General Manager of Discovery Networks UK.

David began his career in 1984 at advertising agency Benton and Bowles and was a founding partner and Chief Operating Officer at independent advertising agency St Luke's.

David is also a non-executive Director of Skillset, the sector skills council for creative media.

 

Anne Bulford FCA

 

Appointed Group Finance Director in July 2005 and promoted to Chief Operating Officer on 4 June 2010, she was interim Chief Executive between November 2009-May 2010.

Before joining Channel 4, Anne spent three years with the Royal Opera House as Director of Finance and Business Affairs, prior to which she was Finance Director at Carlton Productions.

Anne has also worked at the BBC as Finance Director of BBC Productions and Head of Internal Audit. Before joining the BBC Anne qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG.

She is a lay member of the council of University College London and Honorary Treasurer, an elected Trustee of the Motor Neurone Disease Association and a Trustee of the Teacher Awards Trust.

Jonathan Allen

Jonathan graduated from Newcastle University in Economics and immediately joined a full service agency, Cravens Advertising, in the city. After a year planning and buying across all media for Northern Rock, Allders and the Halifax, he joined OMD UK as a Graduate TV Buyer in 1995.

After a number of years working on clients such as Barclaycard, Boots, American Airlines and AXA, Jonathan was appointed to the board as TV Director in January 2000.  In 2002, he broadened his role into that of Business Director, responsible for running a number of accounts including PepsiCo, easyJet and Barclaycard.  In Feb 2005, Jonathan was appointed Deputy Managing Director and in January 2007 he became Managing Director, reporting into CEO, Steve Williams.

In September 2011, he made the move to join C4 as our Sales Director.

Chair

Charles Gurassa

Apponted as non-Executive Chair of Channel 4 on 28th January 2016.  His appointment runs until 27th January 2019. 

Charles is also Deputy Chairman at EasyJet plc, Senior Independent Director of Merlin Entertainments plc, and a trustee of English Heritage and the Migration Museum.

He is a former Chairman of Virgin Mobile plc, LOVEFiLM , Phones4U, MACH, Tragus, Parthenon Entertainments and Alamo/National Rent a Car and former Deputy Chairman of the National Trust .

His executive career included roles as Chief Executive of Thomson Travel Group plc, Executive Chairman TUI Northern Europe, Director TUI AG and as Director, Passenger & Cargo business at British Airways. He is a former non-executive Director at Whitbread plc, trustee of the children’s charity Whizz-Kidz and a member of the development board of the University of York.

Deputy Chairman

Lord Puttnam

Joined the Board as Deputy Chairman in February 2006. His previous appointment ran until 31 January 2011 and has been extended to 31 January 2012.

After 30 years as an independent film producer, David now focuses on his interests in education and is Chancellor of the Open University.

He was awarded a CBE in 1982, knighted in 1995 and appointed to the House of Lords in 1997.

Deputy Chairman

Lord Hall

Joined the Board on 1 April 2005. He was appointed Deputy Chairman in February 2012. His appointment runs until 31 March 2015.

He is Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House, the Chair of the Cultural Olympiad, a Trustee of the British Council and a former Chief Executive of BBC News. On 22 March 2010 he became a crossbench member of the House of Lords.

Stephen Hill

Joined the Board in January 2006. His previous appointment ran until 31 December 2010 and has been extended to 31 December 2011.

From 2003 to 2005, Stephen was Chief Executive of Betfair Ltd. Previously he worked at Pearson plc, including six years as Chief Executive of the Financial Times Media Group, and was closely involved in setting up the BSB consortium and its subsequent merger with Sky.

Stephen is also Chairman and Chief Executive of The Harbour Group, a private investment company, and Treasurer and Trustee of RNID, the Royal National Institute for Deaf People.

Martha Lane Fox

Joined the Board in February 2006. Her previous appointment ran until 31 January 2011 and has been extended until 31 January 2012.

As the UK Government's Digital Champion, Martha Lane Fox chairs the Race Online 2012 campaign and sits on the Cabinet Office's Efficiency and Reform Board. She is also non-executive director at Marks & Spencer and MyDeco.com.

In 1998, with Brent Hoberman, she founded lastminute.com, Europe's largest travel and leisure website. In 2000 they floated the business and Martha remained on the board until its sale.

In 2005 she co-founded Lucky Voice, a karaoke business with five venues and a growing online business. In 2007 she launched a grant-giving foundation, Antigone.

Jay Hunt

Appointed Chief Creative Officer in January 2011.

Before joining Channel 4, Jay Hunt was Controller, BBC One. Jay initially joined the BBC in 1989. In 1994 she moved to Newsnight as output editor and filmmaker and then to Panorama. In 1999 she was made editor of One O'Clock News before going on to edit the Six O'Clock News. In 2005 Jay become Controller of BBC Daytime.

Jay Hunt also worked as Director of Programmes at Five in 2007 before returning to the BBC in 2008.

Monica Burch

 

 

Joined the Board on 1 October 2010. Her appointment runs until 30 September 2013.

 

Monica is Senior Partner at Addleshaw Goddard LLP and head of the firm's intellectual property litigation practice having qualified as a solicitor with them.

Monica also heads the firm's consumer practice.

 

Non-executive Members

Monica Burch

 

Monica Burch joined the Board on 1 October 2010. Her initial appointment ran until September 2013 and has been extended until September 2016. Monica is Senior Partner of law firm Addleshaw Goddard LLP, and Chairs the firm’s Board and Charitable Trust. Monica also Chairs The Mentoring Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation which helps women reach the very top of large organisations and was a Board Member of charitable organisation PRIME (which promotes fair and equal access to quality work experience in the legal profession) from 2012 to 2015.

Monica is a Partner in Addleshaw Goddard’s litigation practice. Monica was appointed a Civil Recorder in 2010 (a part-time judicial appointment), is a CEDR-qualified mediator and was named by The Lawyer magazine as one of the ‘Hot 100 Lawyers’ in 2007 and 2011. She was named in the Timewise Power Part-Time List in 2013. Monica graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Jurisprudence in 1987, and gained a distinction in her Masters Degree in Commercial Intellectual Property from Nottingham Trent University in 2007. Monica has worked in the US and UK, and has advised a variety of businesses, mainly in the consumer sector, across the globe.

Alicja Lesniak FCA

Joined the Board on 1 October 2010. Her appointment runs until 30 September 2016.

Alicja is also a non-executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of DTZ Holdings plc, and a non-executive Director of SThree plc, a specialist permanent and contract staffing business. Until 2009 Alicja was Chief Financial Officer of Aegis plc. Prior to this she was Chief Financial Officer of BBDO EMEA, Chief Financial Officer of Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide, and Managing Director of J Walter Thompson.

Mark Price

 

Joined the Board on 1 October 2010, and is currently Deputy Chairman. His appointment runs until 30 September 2016.

 

Mark is Managing Director of Waitrose and on Deputy Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership.
Mark is also Chair of the Prince's Rural Action Programme and Chairman of Business In The Community.

Richard Rivers

 

Joined the Board on 1 October 2010. His appointment runs until 30 September 2016.

 

Richard is also a non-executive director of Mothercare Plc and a member of the marketing council at the British Museum. Richard was previously Chief of Staff and Group Head of Corporate Development at Unilever.

 

Jonathan Allan

Appointed Sales Director in September 2011

Jonathan graduated from Newcastle University in Economics and immediately joined a full service agency, Cravens Advertising, in the city. He joined the TV department at the major London media agency, OMD UK, in 1995 and after a number of years working on clients such as Barclaycard, Boots and AXA, Jonathan was appointed to the board as TV Director in January 2000. He then moved into planning for a number of years and was appointed Deputy Managing Director in February 2005 and in January 2007 he became Managing Director, reporting into CEO, Steve Williams.

 

Channel 4 is governed by a unitary board made up of executive and non-executive directors, who are responsible for ensuring that Channel 4 fulfils its remit and delivers its financial responsibilities.

Non-executive directors are appointed by Ofcom in agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The Chief Executive is appointed by the Board and other executive members are appointed after nomination by the Chief Executive and Chair jointly.