Anne Frances Hazlitt (born April 1963)
is a British broadcasting executive.
Early life
She was born in south-west
Surrey. She attended
Downe House School
Downe House School is a selective independent girls' day and boarding school in Cold Ash, a village near Newbury, Berkshire, for girls aged 11–18.
The '' Good Schools Guide'' described Downe House as an "Archetypal traditional girls' full ...
from 1974 to 1980. She attended the Goldsmiths University from 1981 to 1984, where she studied English and Drama.
Career
Hazlitt's career started in trade magazine publisher Centaur Communications, working in the advertising sales department.
Yahoo!
She joined Yahoo! UK in December 1999,
became European Sales Director in 2000,
and was managing director from 2003 to July 2005 of
Yahoo!
Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo! Inc. (2017–present), Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds ma ...
UK & Ireland.
In June 2005 she was winner in the media category in the First Women Awards ceremony, organised by the CBI and ''Real Business'' magazine.
Virgin Radio
From July 2005 to March 2007 she was Chief Executive of Virgin Radio UK
(since 2008 called Absolute Radio). She put Virgin Radio onto
Freeview (UK)
Freeview is the United Kingdom's sole Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, digital terrestrial television platform. It is operated by Digital UK Ltd and DTV Services Ltd, a joint venture between the BBC, ITV plc, ITV, Channel ...
. Virgin Radio UK was owned by
SMG. The station group included Virgin Radio,
Virgin Radio Classic Rock and
Virgin Radio Groove. She resigned from Virgin Radio on 8 January 2007.
GCap Media
In May 2007 she became managing director of
GCap London, the largest commercial radio group in the United Kingdom,
and bought £250,000 worth of GCap shares.
She was appointed Chief Executive of the company in December 2007,
but left in April 2008 when the company was bought by
Global Radio
Global Media & Entertainment Limited, trading as Global, is a British media company formed in 2007. It is the owner of the largest commercial radio company in Europe having expanded through a number of historical acquisitions, including Chrys ...
.
ITV
From July 2010 until March 2015, she was a managing director at ITV, at the London Television Centre (
The London Studios
The London Studios (also known as The South Bank Studios, The London Television Centre, ITV Tower, Kent House and LWT Tower) in Lambeth, London, Lambeth, Central London was a television studio complex owned by ITV plc and originally built for ...
), on the south bank of the
Thames
The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the ...
.
References
External links
British CouncilMentore
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1963 births
British radio executives
British women chief executives
People educated at Downe House School
People from Fulham
Virgin Radio (UK)
Yahoo! people
Living people
British women radio presenters