Rob Woodward

Biographical Information
"Rob Woodward was appointed to the Board as Chief Executive of stv in 2007. Prior to this he was a senior advisor to LongAcre Partners, Europe's leading independent mid-market corporate finance house focusing on the media and internet sectors. Until 2005 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... 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 TMT group. He has specialised in advising TMT companies on strategic and corporate finance issues for the past 20 years.

"He is the Pro-Chancellor at City University. He has a BSc Hons from Durham University and an MBA from Edinburgh University.2

Affiliations

 * Trustee, NESTA