Anthony Salz
Sir Anthony Michael Vaughn Salz (born 30 June 1950), is a British solicitor. He sat on the Board of Governors of the BBC and was Acting Chairman in 2006. Salz assumed the position on 1 August 2004 after the resignation of the former Vice Chairman, Lord Ryder. Following the resignation of Michael Grade as BBC Chairman on 28 November 2006, Salz became Acting Chairman, and continued in this position until the BBC Trust succeeded the Governors on 1 January 2007.[1]
Salz's career had given him experience in the broadcasting industry, as he had worked on the merger of Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television with the ailing British Satellite Broadcasting to form BSkyB. Until 2006 he was co-senior partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
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Education
Anthony Michael Vaughn Salz was born on 30 June 1950, and educated at Radley College.[1] Salz obtained his law degree from Exeter University in 1971.[2]
Career
Salz has spent most of his career at Freshfields and its successor, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. He spent a year at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York in the late 1970s.[2] From 1980-2006, Salz made partner. From 1990-1994, Salz was the head of corporate finance.
In 1986, he was a key figure in the Guinness takeover of United Distillers and faced accusations of negligence in his role as legal advisor, but emerged with his reputation intact.[3]
In 1996, he became senior partner of Freshfields. He was Co-Senior Partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from 2000 until 2006.[4]
In 2006, Salz joined Rothschild as an Executive Vice Chairman.
In July 2012, he was appointed to head an independent review into Barclays’ culture and business practices in the wake of the Libor-rigging scandal.[3]
He is a non-executive board member at the Department for Education[5] and is a trustee of the Scott Trust[6] which owns The Guardian newspaper.
In August 2013, he was also appointed Chairman of the board of Bloomsbury Publishing, in an independent and non-executive capacity.[7]
He was knighted in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to young people and public life.[8][9]
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External links
- BBC Press Office: Biography
- Grade quits BBC post to join ITV
- Salz's linked to Chairman position at Southampton FC
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| Preceded by | BBC Vice Chairman 1 August 2004 – 31 December 2006 |
Succeeded by Chitra Bharucha as Vice Chair of the BBC Trust |
| Preceded by | BBC Chairman (Acting) 28 November - 31 December 2006 |
Succeeded by Chitra Bharucha as Acting Chair of the BBC Trust |
