Charles Wace (born 24 September 1961) is a British businessman, and a founder of the media group

Twofour Twofour Broadcast Limited, trading as Twofour, is a British television and digital media group founded in 1989 by Charles Wace, a former BBC news producer, and Christopher Slade, a BBC presenter. With its headquarters in Plymouth, Twofour ha ...

, a factual, features and entertainment television production and content agency. Wace stepped down as chief executive (CEO), following a sale of the group to LDC (

Lloyds Development Capital Lloyds Development Capital (Holdings) Limited (LDC), is a mid-market private equity house and subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group, established in 1981 as Lloyds Development Capital Limited. From 1999 to 2011, it was known as Lloyds TSB Developmen ...

) in 2013. Wace is now CEO of Limesnapper, which invests in a range of businesses that have intellectual property at their heart. It has also invested in residential and commercial property in London, South West England and the

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. Wace is chairman of the Creative England Trading Company and adirector of

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. He chaired the UK independent trade body

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(PACT) for two years. Wace is chairman of Beagle Media, a corporate communications company. He is deputy chair of

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, and a member of its ventures board. In 2012 the

University of Plymouth The University of Plymouth is a public research university based predominantly in Plymouth, England, where the main campus is located, but the university has campuses and affiliated colleges across South West England. With students, it is the ...

awarded Wace an honorary doctorate. In 2010, Wace was awarded a Devon & Cornwall Royal Television Society outstanding achievement award for services to television. Wace started his career in newspapers, before moving to

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radio and television where he worked as a reporter and producer, before establishing Twofour in 1988. His brother is British born financier, Ian Wace, co-founder of a London-based hedge fund.

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