Management Team
John Cresswell
Interim Chief Executive
- John became ITV’s Chief Operating Officer in January 2007 following a period as interim CEO. Prior to this John was ITV's Finance Director, appointed to the role in January 2006. Previously John spent 5 years as Chief Operating Officer of Granada Content, building the production and distribution division of ITV plc. John joined Granada in 2000 from United Business Entertainment where he was the Chief Operating Officer of the Broadcast division. He qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG from where he joined TVS and Meridian.
Lee Bartlett
Managing Director of Global Content
- Lee Bartlett joined ITV in March 2008 from Fox where he was executive vice-president of business affairs, based in the US. As Managing Director of Global Content he oversees ITV’s production and distribution businesses, ITV Studios and ITV Global Entertainment. Prior to this Lee spent 3 years with Fox handling business affairs, programming and theatrical film acquisitions for the web. Before that, he was at Fox Cable Networks, and has also worked for Greenblatt Janollari Studio, the production company behind the hit drama ‘Six Feet Under’.
Carolyn Fairbairn
Director of Strategy and Development
- Before joining ITV in February 2007, Carolyn Fairbairn was a partner at McKinsey & Co and leader of its UK Media Practice. Prior to this she was Director of Strategy at the BBC and a member of the BBC’s Executive Board. Carolyn’s main focus at the BBC was on the development of their digital strategy and, in 2002, she led the development of Freeview. Carolyn has also worked in the Downing Street Policy Unit as a policy advisor, for the Economist as a financial writer, and for the World Bank as a development economist. She holds a first class degree in Economics from Cambridge University, an MA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD.
Peter Fincham
Director of Television, Channels and Online
- Peter began in broadcasting in 1985 as a producer at independent production company Talkback Productions. He became Managing Director of Talkback in 1986 and also executive produced many of their biggest shows including Smack the Pony (Channel 4), Da Ali G Show (Channel 4) and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC2). In 2001 Talkback Productions was sold to Fremantle Media and in 2003 Peter became Chief Executive of newly merged company TalkbackThames. In January 2005 he left TalkbackThames to become Controller of BBC One, serving for two years before leaving the BBC in October 2007
Ian Griffiths
Group Finance Director
- Ian Griffiths became ITV’s Group Finance Director and a member of the Board of ITV plc in September 2008. From 1994 to 2008 Ian was at Emap plc where he held a number of senior finance roles, including the position of Group Finance Director from 2005 to 2008. Ian’s early career was at Ernst and Young where he worked in the corporate finance team.
Rupert Howell
MD of ITV Brand and Commercial
- Rupert Howell joined ITV as Managing Director, ITV Brand and Commercial on November 1st 2007. He first joined the Ogilvy group for a position in advertising in 1979. Two years later he moved to Grey, and after another two years, to Young & Rubicam. He decided to found his own agency, Howell Henry Chaldecott Lury in October 1987. In 2001, Rupert became Joint CEO of Chime, which grew rapidly over the next 3 years to become the UK’s largest independent communications group. He was also President of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising for 2000/2001. In October 2003 he joined the world’s largest advertising agency McCann Erickson as President EMEA and Chairman UK & Ireland Group. In October 2005, Rupert was elected President of the European Association of Communications Agencies for 2006/’07.
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