Directorate Change

RNS Number : 8848E

ITV PLC

16 May 2013

 



Sir Peter Bazalgette joins ITV Board

ITV plc today announced that Sir Peter Bazalgette is to join the Board of the broadcaster as a non-executive director with effect from 1 June 2013.

Sir Peter is currently the Chair of the Arts Council and President of the Royal Television Society. He was formerly Chief Creative Officer of Endemol where he created successful television formats and exploited them globally. 

Archie Norman, Chairman of ITV plc, said:

"Peter has a fantastic track record of management of creativity in television and tremendous knowledge and experience of the global content business. His appointment is an important further step in building an ITV board capable of combining deep commercial skills with knowledge and understanding of the creative industries. We are delighted he is joining us."

Sir Peter Bazalgette said:

"I am delighted to be joining the board of Britain's major commercial broadcaster.  It's a particularly exciting time to get involved as they grow their content business, ITV Studios, both at home and internationally."

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Notes to Editors

Sir Peter Bazalgette is also a non-executive Director of YouGov, MirriAd and Nutopia, and serves on BBH's Advisory Board. He was formerly a member of the Channel 4 board.

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