Charles Allen Accepts Non-Exec Role At Virgin Media

Charles Allen has accepted his second non-executive directorship this week, following his appointment at Endemol on Monday.

Allen, the non-executive chairman of Global Radio and former ITV chief executive, will join Virgin’s board as a non-executive director.

Virgin Media has also appointed John Rigsby, former senior executive of Time Warner, as a non-executive director.

Jim Mooney, chairman of Virgin Media, said: “With the appointment of Charles and John to our board, we have added further world class experience and expertise to our team.”

He added: “Charles brings unrivalled experience in the UK media sector from his 15 years leading the UK’s key commercial broadcast companies.”

Allen headed up ITV from 2004 to 2006 – leading the merger between Granada and Carlton Communications to form ITV.

He is currently involved with the integration process between Global Radio and GCap Media, since their £375 million merger in April this year (see Global Radio To Acquire GCap For £375m).

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