Timothy David Gardam (born 14 January 1956), is a British
journalist
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, media executive and
educator
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. He was Director of Television at
Channel 4
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until 2003, after which he served as Principal of
St Anne's College,
Oxford
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until 2016.
He now serves as Chief Executive of the
Nuffield Foundation
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.
Early life
Gardam was born on 14 January 1956 to the novelist
Jane Gardam
Jane Mary Gardam (born 11 July 1928) is an English writer of children's and adult fiction. She also writes reviews for ''The Spectator'' and ''The Telegraph'', and writes for BBC radio. She lives in Kent, Wimbledon, and Yorkshire. She has won nu ...
.
He studied at
Rokeby Preparatory School
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,
Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
, established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
, head_label = Hea ...
and
Gonville and Caius College
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,
Cambridge
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, where he obtained a
double first
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in
English
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.
Career
He subsequently worked at the
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.
in Britain.
the independent regulatory authority for the UK communications industries. He was subsequently reappointed for a second three-year term.
.
His achievements included the construction of a new library and the St Anne's Coffee Shop (STACS), and the strengthening of college finances, academic performance, and outreach efforts. In early 2016, Gardam announced that he would be stepping down as principal at the end of the academic year, in order to become chief executive of the
Council from 2015 to 2019.