Greg Dyke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Greg Dyke

British media executive

Date of Birth: 20-May-1947

Place of Birth: Hayes, England, United Kingdom

Profession: television presenter, journalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist and broadcaster.
Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism.
He is credited with introducing 'tabloid' television to British broadcasting, and reviving the ratings of TV-am.
In the 1990s, he held chief executive positions at LWT Group, Pearson Television and Channel 5. He was the Director-General of the BBC from January 2000 to January 2004; he resigned following heavy criticism of the BBC's news reporting process in the Hutton Inquiry. Dyke was a director of Manchester United and chairman of Brentford football clubs, and from 2013 to 2016 was chairman of the Football Association.
He was Chancellor of the University of York from 2004 to 2015.
He is currently the chairman of children's television company HiT Entertainment, and is a panellist on Sky News' The Pledge. In 2019, Dyke became Chairman of London Film School.