Vanni Treves

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Vanni Emanuele Treves CBE (1940 – 10 November 2019)[1] was a British business executive. He was Chairman of Channel 4 (1998–2003), a senior partner of City law firm Macfarlanes, and Chairman (2001–2009)[2] of Equitable Life.[3]

Early life and education

Treves was born in

University of Illinois. He relinquished his dual Italian-British nationality at the age of 36 when he realised that it made him eligible for national service in the Italian Army.[5]

Career

Following his graduation from Oxford, Treves joined Macfarlanes in 1963 and went on to become a specialist in corporate governance. It was this that led to his appointment as a non-executive director of Saatchi & Saatchi in 1987. During the 1990s he went on to develop a career, as Philip Inman puts it, as a "serial chairman." In 2001 he took up the chairmanship of Equitable Life, determined to resolve its troubles.[5]

Treves was appointed

National College for School Leadership).[6]

Personal life

Treves was married with two sons and a daughter.[5] He was a donor to the Labour Party.[7]

He authored "What life after retirement from the law?," which was published in The Times on 4 April 2013.[8]

References

  1. ^ "TREVES - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Press Release Archive 2009". Equitable Life. Equitable Life. 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  3. ^ "The Board". Equitable Life. Equitable Life. 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Vanni Treves: the barrister manqué at Korn/Ferry". Martin Waller. The Times. 30 August 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  5. ^ a b c "Corporate charmer coaxing cash for children's charity". Philip Inman. The Guardian. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  6. ^ "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Equitable boss shown to be New Labour donor". The Lawyer. 7 May 2001. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  8. ^ Treves, Vanni. "What life after retirement from the law?".

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Preceded by
Michael Bishop
Chairman of Channel 4
January 1998 – December 2003
Succeeded by