I must have been looking the other way when James Purnell announced he was leaving the post of President and Vice Chancellor of the University of the Arts London for a job as CEO of Flint Global, advisers to business on policy, politics, regulation and competition economics.
He's taking over from old buddy Ed Richards, who's kicking himself upstairs. Purnell worked for Blair and Richards worked for Brown in the 1992 election campaign. Later in the 90s, they both worked for the BBC on the paper that became 1996's Extending Choice in the Digital Age. Richards moved to Blair's side again in 1999, and he and Purnell did the groundwork on the Communications Act 2003, which set up Ofcom. Purnell became an MP in 2001; Richards moved to the board of Ofcom in March 2003, and was promoted to CEO in 2006.
Richards applied for the job of DG at the BBC in 2012, beaten by George Entwistle. James Purnell believed he'd been offered a job on the BBC Board by Tim Davie in 2020, but it was 'blocked'. He left shortly after Charlotte Moore was appointed Director of Content that year.
James leaves UAL on £350k a year (including pension contributions).
No comments:
Post a Comment