Glasgow Alumni Reception
Thursday 6th November 2014
Scottish TV
STV, Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1PQ
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
Description
City University London and Sir John Cass Business School would like to invite alumni to attend an evening reception at Scottish Television in Glasgow. The event will include a talk from guest speaker Mr Rob Woodward, CEO of STV Group plc and also Chair of Council for City University London. The talk, “Yes, No, Don't Know - Implications for Scotland's Media”, will touch on how Rob became involved with City and the turnaround of STV and the challenges faced in achieving this, as well as addressing the effects of the outcome of the referendum.
The discussion will be followed by networking with light refreshments.
Agenda
18:30 - 19:00 Registration
19:00 – 20:00 Talk followed by Q&A
20:00 - 21:30 Networking and drinks reception
About the Speaker: Mr Rob Woodward, CEO, Stv Group plc.
Rob Woodward was appointed to the STV Group plc Board as Chief Executive in 2007 where he has led the turnaround of the company. Prior to this Rob served as Commercial Director of Channel 4 Television. He was an executive member of the Channel 4 Corporation Board and responsible for Channel 4’s commercial wellbeing. Included in his responsibilities was the management of the portfolio of commercial businesses in 4 Ventures. These businesses included digital channels such as E4 and Film Four, Digital Media Services and Rights Exploitation. During his tenure, Rob developed and executed a commercial strategy for Channel 4, which positioned the Corporation at the forefront of digital media. He transformed the performance of Channel 4’s commercial businesses from heavily loss making to significant profitability.
Prior to joining Channel 4, Rob was a Managing Director at UBS Corporate Finance where he worked in both London and New York. Before this, Rob was the Managing Partner of Braxton UK, the strategy consulting practice of Deloitte. He also led Deloitte Consulting’s European Telecom Media and Technology (TMT) group. He has specialised in advising TMT companies for the past 20 years.
He is the Pro-Chancellor at City University, on the Board of Trustees of Nesta and a Non-Executive Director of Regenersis plc.
Rob has a BSc Hons from Durham University and an MBA from Edinburgh University.