Peter Phippen

Biographical Information
"Peter has spent nearly 30 years in the media industry, holding board positions in the UK, USA, India and Australia. For many years he was a Board Director of BBC Worldwide Ltd, for whom he developed and ran BBC Magazines; he was also President and CEO of BBCWorldwide Americas Inc, launching the TV channel BBC America and chairing a joint venture with Discovery Inc.

"Peter is now Deputy Chairman of Immediate Media Co, a large PE-backed magazine and digital company and Chairman of Sift, a VC-backed pure-play digital B2B company; he is a Director of The National Archives and holds a number of other non-exec positions. And in 2011 Peter founded EastWest Relations Ltd., a business he continues to chair, to help western media companies identify and secure opportunities in India and to enhance trade with south-east Asia."

Affiliations

 * Trustee, National Children's Bureau