15th May 2007 17:12
ITV PLC15 May 2007 15 May 2007 IAN MCCULLOCH TO LEAVE ITV Ian McCulloch is to step down from his role as Commercial Director at ITV plcthis summer it was announced today. Ian was appointed Commercial Director in September 2005 and since then hasoverseen major developments in the commercial team including the restructure andrebranding of ITV Sales as ITV Customer Relations. He has also increased ITV'sfocus on the client-facing side of the commercial operation and oversaw thecreation of ITV Imagine, a department that supports creative and innovativeefforts across all areas of the Company, and the expansion of the marketing andinsight teams Ian has also played a central part in the consolidation of the ITV companies inrecent years, holding senior operational roles during the mergers and subsequentrestructures of LWT and Granada and the creation of a single ITV in 2002. Ian McCulloch said: "After 27 years with ITV it feels like the right time for meto explore new opportunities. The creation of a single ITV sales operation andthe organisational restructures and strategy realignment involved in achievingthat has been a great a challenge. We now have a refocused sales structure andmarketing operation that reflect the needs of our customers much moreeffectively. With those changes in place and the new strategy bearing fruit it'stime for me to face some fresh challenges elsewhere." John Cresswell said: "Ian has made an outstanding contribution to ITV in hislong career here. More recently he has put in place an excellent team andstarted a culture change and ITV now has a better and more constructiverelationship with its customers than ever before. As a colleague and a friendwe wish him all the very best for the future." Ends Notes to Editors: Ian McCulloch joined the ITV companies in 1980 as a sales assistant at LWT werehe eventually became agency sales director. In 1994 he became OperationsDirector for Granada Enterprises before becoming Commercial Director for GranadaBroadband in 1999. He was promoted to Operations Director for GranadaBroadcasting three years later and then Chief Operating Office of ITV Broadcastin 2001. After returning from Harvard in 2005, Ian -- working alongside John Cresswell --headed up Fast Forward, a project leading to a major organisational restructureof ITV. This restructure was designed to build better integration between thecommercial and editorial areas of the Company and place advertisers and theirneeds, in addition to viewers, at the heart of the business. For more information please contact: ITV plcTel: 020 7843 8000 Press enquiriesRuth Settle - Communications Director, Channels and CommercialTel: 020 7843 8225Brigitte Trafford - Group Communications DirectorTel: 020 7843 8180 Investor enquiriesJames Tibbitts - Company SecretaryGeorgina Blackburn - Head of Investor Relations This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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