Who will be ITV's new chief executive? The new chairman Archie Norman who is getting paid very well will have to hunt fast. Top of Norman's in-tray will be taking over the search for a new chief executive, which has been going on since April. Cresswell will leave ITV when that appointment is made.
Norman said that ITV's seven-month hunt for a chief executive had been conducted "in the public gaze for far too long" and that he would restart the recruitment process in a more behind-closed-doors manner.
He added that he did not to expect an announcement "in the next few weeks" and said that he was "open minded" about potential candidates.
Norman said he had not met Cresswell yet and did not explicitly rule him out as a potential candidate, even though he is due to leave the company.
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