Greg Dyke
Greg Dyke was Director General of the BBC from 2000 to 2004.
He started his broadcasting career at London Weekend Television. After the Granada take-over of LWT, Greg joined Pearson Television as Chief Executive. He guided the consortium which created Channel 5 and became its first Chairman. During this period he was also Chairman of the Independent Television Association, Chairman of GMTV, and at various times a Director of Pearson plc, Channel Four Television, ITN and BSkyB.
In 2000 Greg became Director-General of the BBC and in his four years at the BBC he started four new digital television channels, five new digital radio channels, opened two new BBC regions, launched the BBC’s interactive television services and helped create Freeview, a new free to air digital platform. He also made major commitments to expand the BBC’s education services and to improve the cultural diversity of the workforce.
After leaving the BBC he became Chancellor of the University of York, Chairman of HIT, a large international production company specialising in programmes for the under fives, and in 2006 he became Chairman of Brentford Football Club.
Greg is also a member of the supervisory board of ProSiebenSat.1, one of Europe’s largest free to air broadcasting groups. In 2008 he succeeded the late Anthony Mingella as Chairman of the British Film Institute.