Dermot Gleeson is non-executive chairman of MJ Gleeson Group plc.

He is a former member of the Board of Governors of the BBC

Board of Governors of the BBC

The Board of Governors of the BBC was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It consisted of twelve people who together regulated the BBC and represented the interests of the public. It existed from 1927 until it was replaced by the BBC Trust on 1 January 2007.The governors...

, where he served two terms, and subsequently one of the original members of the BBC Trust

BBC Trust

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, the current governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. His term at the BBC finished on 31 October 2008.

Gleeson graduated from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Fitzwilliam College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England.The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer students from less financially privileged backgrounds a chance to study...

 and served in Sir Christopher Tugendhat's cabinet in the European Commission

European Commission

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from 1977 to 1979.