Carolyn Fairbairn
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Carolyn Fairbairn is director of corporate development and strategy at ITV
and is the BBC
's former Director of Strategy & Distribution.
Before her job at the BBC, Fairbairn had a varied career. She worked for seven years as a management consultant for McKinsey and Company
. She also held a job with the Downing Street Policy Unit, developing policy for health and social services. She had worked as a financial journalist for The Economist
, and as an economist
at the World Bank
.
Fairbairn came to work for the BBC as Director of Strategy for BBC Worldwide
. It was after this that she was promoted to Director of Strategy & Distribution, and also became a member of the BBC's Executive Board. She helped to develop the BBC's digital strategy and renewal of their charter, and was instrumental in creating One BBC and Freeview.
On June 10, 2004, the BBC announced that Fairbairn and her husband "have decided to take time out from their careers to spend a year travelling around the world with their three children."
Carolyn briefly rejoined McKinsey and Company in 2006, before becoming director of corporate development and strategy at ITV
in March 2007.
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
and is the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's former Director of Strategy & Distribution.
Before her job at the BBC, Fairbairn had a varied career. She worked for seven years as a management consultant for McKinsey and Company
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company, Inc. is a global management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management. McKinsey serves as an adviser to many businesses, governments, and institutions...
. She also held a job with the Downing Street Policy Unit, developing policy for health and social services. She had worked as a financial journalist for The Economist
The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
, and as an economist
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
at the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
.
Fairbairn came to work for the BBC as Director of Strategy for BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. In the year to 31 March 2010 it made a profit of £145m on a turnover of £1.074bn. The company had made a profit of £106m...
. It was after this that she was promoted to Director of Strategy & Distribution, and also became a member of the BBC's Executive Board. She helped to develop the BBC's digital strategy and renewal of their charter, and was instrumental in creating One BBC and Freeview.
On June 10, 2004, the BBC announced that Fairbairn and her husband "have decided to take time out from their careers to spend a year travelling around the world with their three children."
Carolyn briefly rejoined McKinsey and Company in 2006, before becoming director of corporate development and strategy at ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
in March 2007.