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Source: The Guardian

Nov 06, 2009

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ITV chairman candidates thought to include John Peace of Standard Chartered, HMV's Robert Swannell, John Gildersleeve of Carphone Warehouse and former banker John Nelson

ITV's search for a new chairman may be nearing an end, with heavyweight City figures including John Peace, the chairman of Standard Chartered, emerging as potential candidates.

Peace has been linked to the ITV role alongside the chairman of HMV, Robert Swannell, the chairman of Carphone Warehouse, John Gildersleeve, and John Nelson, former chairman of investment bank CSFB Europe. Bob Wigley, the former head of Merrill Lynch in Europe, now chairman of Yell, has also been approached.

Michael Grade announced in April that he would step down as executive chairman and originally planned to stay on as part-time non-executive chairman with a new chief executive working under him, despite pressure from shareholders who wanted him to leave ITV.

The company has also been searching for a new chief executive for nearly six months but the favoured candidate, HMV's Simon Fox, turned down the job over the summe

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