Luke Johnson

Biographical Information
"Luke Johnson is the Chairman of Action on Addiction. Luke is also the Chairman of Risk Capital Partners, a private equity firm he founded in 2001.  For six years until 2010 he served as Chairman of Channel 4 Television. He is Chairman/part owner of the restaurant business Giraffe, Chairman/owner of Patisserie Valerie and Chairman/part owner of Gail's.  He was Chairman of PizzaExpress PLC in the 1990s.  He co-founded the largest UK chain of dental surgeries, Integrated Dental Holdings.  He serves as a non-executive director at Metro Bank plc, and has been chairman of the Royal Society of Arts since 2009, and chairs theatre charity Stage One.  He writes a weekly essay in The Financial Times."