Charles Gurassa

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Charles Gurassa
Chairman of Channel Four Television
Assumed office
January 2016
Preceded byLord Burns
Non-Executive Director, easyJet
Assumed office
2011
Preceded byboard of directors
Personal details
Born
Charles Mark Gurassa

February 1956 (age 65)
Political partyUnknown
OccupationBusinessman
Known for

Charles Mark Gurassa (born February 1956)[1] is a British businessman, the chairman of the television station, Channel 4, and succeeded Lord Burns in January 2016.[2][3][4]

Gurassa was CEO of Thomson Travel Group PLC from December 1999 to May 2003.[4] He served as a non-executive director of Merlin Entertainment[5] until November 2019 when he stepped down as part of an acquisition.[6] He is an independent non-executive director of easyJet since 2011.[7]

In July 2020, Oxfam announced that they had elected him to succeed Caroline Thomson as its chair in October 2020.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Charles Mark GURASSA". Companies House. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. ^ Jasper Jackson; Tara Conlan. "EasyJet's Charles Gurassa appointed as Channel 4 chairman | Media". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. ^ Williams, Christopher (2016-01-26). "Charles Gurassa named chairman of Channel 4". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  4. ^ a b "List of Public Companies Worldwide, Letter - Businessweek - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  5. ^ "Charles Gurassa: Senior Independent Non-Executive Director". Merlin Entertainment. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  6. ^ Media, Insider. "Board changes at Merlin as scheme becomes effective". Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  7. ^ "Business Leaders and top investors hot news". www.marketscreener.com.
  8. ^ "Introducing our next Chair, Charles Gurassa", Angela Cluff, email to Friends of Oxfam, 22 July 2020
Media offices
Preceded by Chairman of Channel 4
January 2016 – incumbent
Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
n/a
Director of easyJet
2011 – incumbent
Succeeded by
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