Dawn Airey

Dawn Elizabeth Airey, (born 15 November 1960, Preston in Lancashire) is the Chief executive officer (CEO) of Getty Images since October, 12 2015. She was senior vice president of Yahoo’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, responsible for advertising. She was previously a British commercial television executive, chairman and chief executive of Channel 5, the UK television station now owned by Viacom International Media Networks, a division of Viacom Inc.

Early life

Airey was educated at Girton College, Cambridge where she read Geography. She had attended a local comprehensive, then a boys' private school (Kelly College) which had a mixed sixth form.

Career

Airey joined Central Independent Television in 1985 as a General Trainee under the wing of then director of programmes, Andy Allen. Promotion followed. In 1989 she became Director of Programme Planning at Central and was appointed to the Central broadcasting board. When the ITV Network Centre was established in 1993, she moved to London to become the first Controller of Children's and Daytime Programmes.