Getty lawyer to head C4
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Your support makes all the difference.The lawyer of the arts benefactor and millionaire John Paul Getty II has been appointed chairman of Channel 4. Vanni Treves, a partner in the City firm Macfarlanes, is also the lawyer for Richard Branson's family trusts.
Mr Treves succeeds Sir Michael Bishop, chairman of British Midland airlines and friend of John Major. His Tory connections helped fight off the threat of privatisation of the channel.
Mr Treves beat off competition for the job from Sir Colin Southgate, chairman of EMI, and Howard Dyer, non-executive chairman of Hamleys.
Mr Treves has the combination of business experience and arts background that the channel needs. He is on the council of the National Arts Collections Fund and is chairman of the development board of the National Gallery. The main business challenge of the year at Channel 4 will be its launch of a digital film channel dedicated to arthouse films.
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