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title="Getty Images">Getty Images</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel 5</a> (1996–02)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a> (formerly)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky UK</a> (formerly)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahoo" title="Yahoo">Yahoo</a> (formerly)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Getty_Images" title="Getty Images">Getty Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">The FA</a> (2019–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data title"><a href="/wiki/Non-executive_director" title="Non-executive director">non-executive director</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Partner</th><td class="infobox-data">Jacqueline Lawrence</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dawn Elizabeth Airey</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span> (born 15 November 1960) is a British media executive, sports administrator and independent company director. </p><p>She is the Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Edge_Hill_University" title="Edge Hill University">Edge Hill University</a>, and chairs the <a href="/wiki/Barclays" title="Barclays">Barclays</a> <a href="/wiki/FA_Women%27s_Super_League" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Women's Super League">FA Women's Super League</a> and <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Championship_(England)" title="Women's Championship (England)">Championship</a> board, the <a 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Airey is a non-executive director of <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Getty_Images" title="Getty Images">Getty Images</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grosvenor_estate" class="mw-redirect" title="Grosvenor estate">Grosvenor Estates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blackbird_(software)" title="Blackbird (software)">Blackbird</a>. </p><p>She is best known for her tenure between 1996 and 2002 at <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel 5</a>, as the inaugural Director of Programmes, and subsequently Chief Executive, and has held senior positions at <a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky UK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo!">Yahoo!</a> and <a href="/wiki/Getty_Images" title="Getty Images">Getty Images</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dawn_Airey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Airey was born in <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston, Lancashire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-getty_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-getty-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was educated at <a href="/wiki/Girton_College,_Cambridge" title="Girton College, Cambridge">Girton College, Cambridge</a>, where she studied geography.<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian-timeline_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian-timeline-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dawn_Airey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Airey began her career as a management trainee<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian-timeline_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian-timeline-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at <a href="/wiki/Central_Independent_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Independent Television">Central Independent Television</a> in 1985. In 1989 she was promoted to the position of Director of Programme Planning and was appointed to the Central broadcasting board. When the ITV Network Centre was established in 1993, she moved to London to become the combined network's first Controller of Children's and Daytime Programmes. </p><p>In 1994, she was appointed Controller of Arts and Entertainment at <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian-timeline_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian-timeline-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where it was reported <sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that her forthright manner had earned her the soubriquets "Scary Airey" and "Zulu Dawn" and her commitment to popularism was deemed by one colleague as "vulgar".<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Airey joined <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (UK)">Channel 5</a> in 1996, the year ahead of its launch, as the first director of programmes.<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian-timeline_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian-timeline-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was during her tenure that she agreed with an interviewer's description of the channel's core strengths as "films, football and f***ing" but added that it was about much more.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was subsequently appointed as chief executive of the channel in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian-timeline_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian-timeline-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, amid rumours that <a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a> was reportedly pursuing her to become its chief executive.,<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian-timeline_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian-timeline-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Airey surprised the television industry by instead accepting a position at the satellite broadcaster, <a href="/wiki/BSkyB" class="mw-redirect" title="BSkyB">BSkyB</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> overseeing all non-sports channels, their programming and all advertising sales. In 2006, she became Sky's managing director of Channels and Services with added responsibility for third party channels, joint ventures and networked media. </p><p>Airey departed BSkyB to head up an independent production business backed by private investors however she was only with the company for a total of eight days before it was announced that the venture did not have sufficient cash to continue trading.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after, in May 2007, she was reunited with <a href="/wiki/Michael_Grade" title="Michael Grade">Michael Grade</a>, joining <a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a> as Director of Global Content,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> running the broadcaster's production and global sales division. </p><p>But within a matter of months she had again been poached by <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (UK)">Channel 5</a> to become chairman and CEO, with a remit to increase profitability and audience share. This she did. RTL's decision to exit UK broadcasting and sell the company to <a href="/wiki/Richard_Desmond" title="Richard Desmond">Richard Desmond</a>'s Northern & Shell saw her elevated to the role of President of RTL-owned <a href="/wiki/CLT-UFA" class="mw-redirect" title="CLT-UFA">CLT-UFA</a>.,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where she served between 2010 and 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2013, she joined <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo!">Yahoo!</a> as senior vice-president of Yahoo EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was in the post until September 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Airey was chief executive officer (CEO) of <a href="/wiki/Getty_Images" title="Getty Images">Getty Images</a> photo agency from October 2015 <sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 31 December 2018, at which time she became a non-executive director member of its board.<sup id="cite_ref-getty_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-getty-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2023 Airey was appointed Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Edge_Hill_University" title="Edge Hill University">Edge Hill University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Football">Football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dawn_Airey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2019, <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">The Football Association</a> appointed Airey as chair of the new joint Barclays FA Women's Super League and Championship board.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 12-strong board, including six women, was established by the FA as part of its commitment to growing the women's game. </p><p>It was during Airey's tenure that the FA agreed a landmark three-year broadcast deal with the BBC and Sky that delivered more access to live women's football than ever before.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, she also served as a member of the Government's Expert Panel for a Fan-Led Review of Football Governance, led by the former Sports Minister <a href="/wiki/Tracey_Crouch" title="Tracey Crouch">Tracey Crouch</a>. The review called for the creation of an independent regulator for the game, alongside greater powers for supporters and an improved "owners and director's test" for those seeking to control local clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Directorships">Directorships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dawn_Airey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Directorships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Airey chairs the joint Barclays FA Women's Super League and Championship board (2019-) and the boards of the <a href="/wiki/National_Youth_Theatre" title="National Youth Theatre">National Youth Theatre</a> (2011-) and the educational platform Digital Theatre+ (2019-). </p><p>She is a non-Executive Director of Channel 4 (2021-), cloud video platform <a href="/wiki/Blackbird_(software)" title="Blackbird (software)">Blackbird (software)</a> (2019-), Grosvenor Estates (2019-) and Getty Images (2015-). </p><p>Previously she has held positions on the boards of <a href="/wiki/UK_Film_Council" title="UK Film Council">UK Film Council</a>, the <a href="/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a>, <a href="/wiki/EasyJet" title="EasyJet">easyJet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cook" title="Thomas Cook">Thomas Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/LoveFilm" title="LoveFilm">LoveFilm</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dawn_Airey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Airey is a Fellow and a Vice President of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Television_Society" title="Royal Television Society">Royal Television Society</a> and a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Arts" title="Royal Society of Arts">Royal Society of Arts</a>. </p><p>In 2017, she was News International's visiting professor of Media Studies at <a href="/wiki/Brasenose_College,_Oxford" title="Brasenose College, Oxford">Brasenose College</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford University</a> and in 2018 was given an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by <a href="/wiki/Edge_Hill_University" title="Edge Hill University">Edge Hill University</a> for her outstanding contributions to the media industry. She holds a degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2024_Birthday_Honours" title="2024 Birthday Honours">2024 Birthday Honours</a>, Dawn Airey was appointed a Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Order of the British Empire</a> (CBE) for services to theatre and to charity.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dawn_Airey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Airey lives with her civil partner Jacqueline Lawrence (Founder and Chair of The Elma Trust, a non-profit organisation) in West London and Oxford.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple have two daughters.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>She describes herself as a monarchist and a supporter of “the modern royal family”, singling out the work ethic and "phenomenal" dedication to the arts of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh">Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh</a>, royal patron of the <a href="/wiki/National_Youth_Theatre" title="National Youth Theatre">National Youth Theatre</a>, of which Airey is chair.<sup id="cite_ref-bourdillon_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bourdillon-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her views stand in contrast to her position of two decades ago when she told <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> that the concept of the monarchy had become “anachronistic”.<sup id="cite_ref-nortonfleming_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nortonfleming-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dawn_Airey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-getty-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-getty_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-getty_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://press.gettyimages.com/executives/dawn-airey/">"Dawn Airey"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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