Charles Gurassa

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Charles Gurassa
Chairman of Oxfam
Assumed office
October 2020

Charles Mark Gurassa (born February 1956) [1] is a British businessman and chair of the Guardian Media Group. He is a former chairman of the television station, Channel 4, and succeeded Lord Burns in January 2016. [2] [3] [4]

Gurassa was CEO of Thomson Travel Group PLC from December 1999 to May 2003. [4] He served as a non-executive director of Merlin Entertainment [5] until November 2019 when he stepped down as part of an acquisition. [6] He was an independent non-executive director of easyJet from 2011-2020. [7]

In July 2020, Oxfam announced that they had elected him to succeed Caroline Thomson as its chair in October 2020. [8]

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References

  1. "Charles Mark GURASSA". Companies House. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. Jasper Jackson; Tara Conlan. "EasyJet's Charles Gurassa appointed as Channel 4 chairman | Media". The Guardian . Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. Williams, Christopher (2016-01-26). "Charles Gurassa named chairman of Channel 4". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  4. 1 2 "List of Public Companies Worldwide, Letter - Businessweek - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  5. "Charles Gurassa: Senior Independent Non-Executive Director". Merlin Entertainment. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  6. Media, Insider. "Board changes at Merlin as scheme becomes effective". Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
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  8. "Introducing our next Chair, Charles Gurassa", Angela Cluff, email to Friends of Oxfam, 22 July 2020
Media offices
Preceded by Chairman of Oxfam
October 2020 – Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Chairman of Channel 4
January 2016 – January 2022
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Andy Martin
Director of easyJet
2011 – December 2020
Succeeded by
Preceded by Director of Merlin Entertainments
2013 – 2019
Succeeded by
Scott M. O'Neil