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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney

DARK SECRETS: Channel 4 chief executive alex mahon to step down after nearly eight years - The Real Truth

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Alex Mahon has been described as ‘one of the most impactful chief executives' since Jeremy Isaacs’ founding of Channel 4’. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

The chief executive of Channel 4, Alex Mahon, is to step down after eight years and will leave the broadcaster in the summer.

During her tenure Mahon, who joined in 2017 as the first female CEO in the broadcaster’s four-decade history, helped fight off an attempt to privatise Channel 4.

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