David Abraham

British media executive

David Abraham (born August 1963) is a British media executive, who is the former chief executive of Channel 4 Television Corporation. In 1997 he co-founded the creative agency St.2

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Born Aug 7, 1963.1

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Luke's. Abraham then went on to senior creative roles at Discovery Communications in the UK and the US before becoming CEO of UKTV in 2007 and then CEO of Channel 4 from 2010 to 2017. In 2018, Abraham co-founded Wonderhood Studios where he is now Group CEO.

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedMagdalen College3
  • Date not recordedAnglo European School3

Abraham was born in Lincolnshire. Both his parents immigrated to the UK in the 1950s – his mother from Belgium and his father from Calcutta. He moved with his parents and sister to Essex in the 1970s where he attended local state schools, before going to Oxford University in 1981 to study Modern History at Magdalen College.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.6

Abraham began his working life at the advertising agency Benton & Bowles in London in 1984. He moved to the creative agency Collett Dickenson Peace (CDP) and worked with Indra Sinha and Neil Godfrey. In 1990 he moved to the London office of the Californian creative agency Chiat/Day – launched by MT Rainey.

St Luke's

In 1995, Jay Chiat sold his agency network to Omnicom with the intention to globally merge Chiat/Day with TBWA. In the UK, client conflicts prompted an employee buy-out of the business, led by Andy Law and Abraham, who became Chief Operating Officer. St. Luke's has been featured in Law's book Open Minds, in the Harvard Business Review and in a Channel 4 Cutting Edge Documentary.

Discovery Networks Europe

Abraham became the general manager of Discovery Networks Europe in 2001.

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TLC US

Abraham became general manager of TLC in 2005, a US cable channel available in over 90m US households.

UKTV

In 2007, Abraham became the chief executive of UKTV. At the time UKTV was a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Virgin Media. During his tenure, he oversaw launches of Dave, Alibi, Watch, Yesterday and Really.

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Personal life

  • BornAug 7, 1963, Lincoln7
  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom8
  • Children29

Abraham lives in London, is a father to two adult children and partner to Tiina Lee, a senior investment banker.

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