Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sir Anthony Michael Vaughn Salz, a prominent solicitor, 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.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. He was a key figure in the Guinness takeover of United Distillers in 1986 and faced accusations of negligence in his role as legal advisor, but emerged with his reputation intact.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.He is a non-executive board member at the Department for Education and is a trustee of the Scott Trust 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.He was knighted in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to young people and public life.. }
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- Anthony_Salz abstract "Sir Anthony Michael Vaughn Salz, a prominent solicitor, 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.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. He was a key figure in the Guinness takeover of United Distillers in 1986 and faced accusations of negligence in his role as legal advisor, but emerged with his reputation intact.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.He is a non-executive board member at the Department for Education and is a trustee of the Scott Trust 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.He was knighted in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to young people and public life.".