Channel 4 Chair To Step Down Next Year After One Term

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Channel 4 Chair Ian Cheshire is to step down at the end of his three-year term next year. Regulator Ofcom, which appoints the chair with the approval of the government, said a search for Cheshire’s successor will begin soon.

Cheshire said: “It has been an immense privilege and honour to serve as Chair of Channel 4 and I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved together to secure Channel 4’s public ownership, launch a truly progressive Fast Forward strategy accelerating the channel’s transformation into the first public service streamer, and grow the organisation’s contribution to life in the UK, with the channel‘s biggest ever intervention in the UK creative industries.” Cheshire’s replacement will join on April 10 2025 and run the Gogglebox network’s board for three years.

His two predecessors, Charles Gurassa and Terry Burns, were chair for two three-year terms as opposed to one. Cheshire has had a bumpy ride.

He was chair when the government first floated selling Channel 4, although this was reversed after a topsy-turvy period of months.