Anne Frances Hazlitt (born April 1963)
is a British broadcasting executive.
Early life
She was born in south-west
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...
. 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 bo ...
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., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Man ...
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 platform. It is operated by Digital UK Ltd and DTV Services Ltd, a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky. It was launched on 30 October 2002, t ...
. Virgin Radio UK was owned by
SMG. The station group included Virgin Radio,
Virgin Radio Classic Rock
Absolute Classic Rock is a semi-national digital radio station owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Absolute Radio Network. Its music output is non-stop classic rock hits.
Formerly known as Virgin Radio Classic Rock, it originally was a ...
and
Virgin Radio Groove
Virgin Radio Groove was a digital radio station in the UK, broadcasting on DAB and online and is a sister station to Virgin Radio UK.
History
The original Virgin Radio Groove operated between 2000 and 2008, playing motown, soul and disco mu ...
. 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 Chrysa ...
.
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, Central London was a television studio complex owned by ITV plc and originally built for London Weekend Te ...
), 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 R ...
.
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