Standout moments from the outgoing chief executive’s seven-year tenure
Joined May 2010 - after three years as chief executive of UKTV
Second longest-serving C4 chief exec – behind Michael Grade, who served nine years
Standout programming - Gogglebox, The Last Leg, 24 Hours in A&E, The Island, Hunted, Educating Yorkshire, Child Genius, Humans, Black Mirror and Catastrophe
Great British Bake Off – backed audacious bid for Love Productions’ format, claiming it would help fund risky programming
Sports rights – invested in the Paralympic Games, Formula 1 and the Women’s Euro 2017 football tournament
Opened £20m Growth Fund in 2013 – invested in 13 companies including Eleven, Lightbox and Voltage TV. Sold its stake in True North to Sky in January
Launched All 4 – was responsible for the overhaul of 4oD and a supporting online data push which has captured information about 15m registered users
Grew digital revenues to £82m – targeted advertising helped propel broadcaster to a record high in 2016
Increased funding in Film4 - supporting investment in Bafta and Oscar winning films including 12 Years a Slave, The Iron Lady, Ex Machina and Room, as well as The Inbetweeners Movie 1 and 2 and T2 Trainspotting
Forged advertising sales partnership with UKTV and BT Sport
Led £37m training and skills programme in partnership with Creative Skillset and government - engaged with over 20,000 people
Spearheaded 360° Diversity Strategy in 2015 - set out stretching commitments to increase on and off-screen diversity
Won Broadcast Channel of the Year award in 2016 and 2017 – with E4 winning Broadcast’s Digital Channel of the Year in 2015 and 2016
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