Channel 4 Board

Geoff Cooper – Chair

Joined the Board on 1 October 2025. His appointment runs until 30 September 2028.

Geoff has 30 years’ board level experience with substantial executive roles as a CEO and CFO of public companies and significant non-executive experience as a Chair of public and private businesses, an adviser to private equity and venture capital and a mentor to senior executives and entrepreneurs.

As well as Channel 4, Geoff is also Chair of AO World Plc. His previous roles include Chair of Dunelm Plc, Card Factory Plc, Bourne Leisure Ltd, Brakes Ltd, and directorships of Abbey National Plc and Informa Plc, Senior Adviser to Charterhouse Capital Partners and Chair of the Construction Products Association.

Following a varied career as a management consultant, Finance Director and Chief Executive, Geoff retired from his full-time role after nearly 10 years as CEO of Travis Perkins Plc at the end of 2014.

Dawn Airey CBE – Deputy Chair

Joined the Board on 6 December 2021. Her appointment runs until 5 December 2027.

Dawn’s career includes roles as Chair and CEO of Channel 5, Managing Director of Channels and Services for BSkyB, Managing Director of Global Content at ITV and Senior Vice-President of Europe, Middle East and Africa at Yahoo. 

She is currently Chair of the National Youth Theatre, Barclays FA Women’s Super League and FA Women’s Championship, and the Digital Theatre Group.

Dawn was made a CBE in the King’s Birthday Honours in recognition of her services to theatre and charity.

Alex Burford – NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Joined the Board on 19 February 2024. His appointment runs until 18 February 2027.

Alex is a record label executive with 15 years’ experience and has been the Managing Director at Warner Records UK since 2022. Alex is the youngest Managing Director of any frontline major record label in the UK and was previously the General Manager of Black Butter – a joint venture with Sony Music. He has worked with some of the biggest artists in the world, including Dua Lipa, Liam Gallagher and PinkPantheress.

Andrew Miller – Non-Executive Director

Joined the Board on 1 June 2020 as Non-Executive Director and Chair of Channel 4's Audit Committee. His appointment runs until 30 Sept 2026.

Andrew is Chief Executive of Motability Operations plc. An accountant by training and a leader in digital transformation, Andrew has also held senior executive positions at a number of multinational consumer and media groups. These include Food Folk Group Holdings – owner of the McDonald’s licence for the Nordics Scandinavia – Guardian Media Group and Autotrader, taking the latter from a print magazine to a digital platform. Prior to this, Andrew held senior finance roles at Frito-Lay Europe, Procter & Gamble and Bass. He has also held Non-Executive Director roles and was Audit Chair at the AA plc and Ocean Outdoor Media plc.

Andrew is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and sits on the Advisory Board for Sarah Brown's Theirworld charity.

Debbie Wosskow OBE – NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Joined the Board on 8 January 2024. Her appointment runs until 7 January 2027. 

Debbie is a leading UK entrepreneur with over 25 years in the digital economy. She previously founded and scaled to exit, Love Home Swap and AllBright. Debbie is an Investor and Co-Chair of The Better Menopause, and an advisor to McKinsey & Company and Omaze. She serves on the Boards of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, The Mayor of London’s Business Board and The Rose Review into Female Entrepreneurship.

Michael Lynton – NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Joined the Board on 25 April 2022. His appointment runs until 25 April 2028.

Michael is currently Chair of Snap Inc, a position he has held since 2016 having joined Snap’s Board in 2013. He has also been Chair of Warner Music Group since 2019.

Previously, Michael served as Chair and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc from 2004 until 2017, and additionally as CEO of Sony Entertainment Inc and Sony Corporation of America from 2012 to 2017.

Prior to joining Sony, he has worked at The Walt Disney Company – where he started Disney Publishing and subsequently served as President of Disney's Hollywood Pictures; Pearson plc – where he was Chair and CEO of Penguin Group; and Time Warner – where he was CEO of AOL Europe, President of AOL International, and President of Time Warner International.

Michael is also currently a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian, the Council on Foreign Relations, the RAND Corporation, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Tate.

Sarah Sands – Non-Executive Director

Joined the Board on 6 December 2021. Her appointment runs until 5 December 2027.

Sarah’s career spans 35 years in news, current affairs and as an author. She has held some of the most senior editorial positions in the industry at the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail, Readers’ Digest, London Evening Standard and the BBC’s Today programme.

Sebastian James – NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Joined the Board on 8 January 2024. His appointment runs until 7 January 2027. 

Seb is the Group CEO of Veonet and has a long career working on household brands and FTSE companies including Boots, Dixons Carphone, Silverscreen and Mothercare. Seb is also an experienced non-executive director and has served on the board of Direct Line Insurance Group since 2014, Modern Art Oxford and Save the Children and is currently a trustee of English Heritage.

Tess Alps – Non-Executive Director

Joined the Board on 6 December 2021. Her appointment runs until 5 December 2027. 

Tess began her career in advertising before joining global media buying agency PHD, where she became UK Chair. She spent over 14 years at Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial television in the UK, as its CEO and eventually its Chair. 

Tess is currently a Council member of the Advertising Standards Authority.

Tom Adeyoola – NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Joined the Board on 8 January 2024. His appointment runs until 7 January 2027. 

Tom is a technology entrepreneur with 25 years’ experience in new media, disruptive technology and business strategy. Tom brings experience in the media and entertainment business through his roles at Filmbank Distributors and Inspired Gaming Group. He launched Metail, a 3D and fashion AI scaleup. Tom has also served on charity, non-profit, high-growth company, independent school and public advisory boards. He is currently Executive Chair of Innovate UK and co-founder of non-profit Extend Ventures which diversifies access to finance for underrepresented founders.

Priya Dogra – Chief Executive

Priya Dogra is the Chief Executive of Channel 4, a publicly owned and commercially funded public service media organisation that creates change through entertainment. 

She brings more than 20 years of global media experience across the US, EMEA and the UK, spanning operations, programming, production, strategy, M&A and business development.  

Priya spent 14 years at Time Warner / WarnerMedia and Warner Bros. Discovery, including as President & Managing Director for Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, responsible for programming, marketing, advertising and commercial partnerships across the company’s lines of business including TV networks, film and streaming. She also led local original series production for HBO and HBO Max. Earlier in her career, she headed M&A and corporate strategy for Time Warner / WarnerMedia. 

Prior to joining Channel 4, Priya was Chief Advertising, Group Data & New Revenue Officer at Sky, where she oversaw Sky Media, the company’s advertising sales house, the development of non-subscription revenues and its data and analytics capabilities. She spearheaded Universal Ads, a cross-industry initiative between Sky, ITV and Channel 4, alongside Comcast’s FreeWheel, to create a self-serve trading platform that opens up TV advertising to small businesses. 

Ian Katz – Chief Content Officer

Ian joined Channel 4 in January 2018. He has overall responsibility for the creative output across Channel 4, its portfolio of channels and on streaming.

Ian is an experienced creative leader with an award-winning track record in both broadcast and newspaper journalism. At Channel 4 he has been responsible for greenlighting critically acclaimed shows ranging from The Big Narstie Show to Brexit: The Uncivil War and It’s A Sin. He was editor of BBC Newsnight from 2013 to 2017, a period which saw the show collect awards for exposing the Kids Company scandal, covering the Grenfell fire and investigating the massacre of Rohingyas in Myanmar.

Previously, Ian worked in a wide range of roles at The Guardian, including features, foreign reporting and launching the paper on the internet. As Deputy Editor and Head of News (2008-2013), he oversaw the groundbreaking WikiLeaks and phone-hacking investigations.

Lucy Thomas – Chief Financial Officer

Lucy has been Chief Financial Officer of Channel 4 since April 2024, bringing more than 25 years’ experience within leading European media organisations.

She joined Channel 4 from Bauer Media Group, where she was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Bauer Audio, leading finance and operational teams across Europe.

Prior to this, Lucy spent over two decades at Sky, progressing through a range of senior finance and commercial leadership roles including Group Finance Director, Managing Director Customer Growth, and ultimately Group Chief Data Officer, giving her deep expertise across finance, data, commercial strategy and transformation. 

Lucy began her career at Arthur Andersen in London, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant.