Ian Griffiths (businessman)
Ian Ward Griffiths is a British businessman. He was the chief operating officer and chief finance officer, and interim CEO of the media company ITV plc from May 2017 to December 2018, following Adam Crozier's departure after seven years as CEO. Griffiths was succeeded as ITV's CEO by Carolyn McCall in January 2018, and he returned to being the group's CFO and COO, before leaving the business in March 2019.
Ian Ward Griffiths was born in September 1966. He has a master's degree.
Griffiths worked for the accountants Ernst & Young for six years, before joining the magazines, radio and business media group Emap in 1994, and was group finance director from 2005 to 2008. He is a qualified accountant.
In 2008, Griffiths joined ITV plc as finance director. In 2013, he won FTSE 100 FD of the Year.
