Kevin Lygo (born 18 September 1957) is a British
television
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executive
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** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators
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, presently Director of Television at
ITV
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ITV
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Early life
Lygo is the son of
Royal Navy
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officer
Raymond Lygo
Admiral Sir Raymond Derek Lygo, (15 March 1924 – 7 March 2012) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff from 1975 to 1978.
Naval career
Educated at Ilford County High School and Clark's College, Bromley, Lygo join ...
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Educated at
Cranbrook School, Kent
Cranbrook School (formerly Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School) is a co-educational state funded boarding and day grammar school in the market town of Cranbrook, Kent, England.
Selection is made of pupils at age 11 and 13.
History
The school w ...
, Lygo studied Psychology at
Durham University
, mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1)
, established = (university status)
, type = Public
, academic_staff = 1,830 (2020)
, administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19)
, chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen
, vice_chan ...
, graduating in 1980. After leaving university in 1980 one of his first jobs was at the Half-Price Theatre Ticket Booth in
Leicester Square
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, operated by the
Society of West End Theatre.
Career
After August 1981 he was one of three trainees to join the
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