Skillset Board of Patrons
Our Board of Patrons is made up of the industry's most senior and influential figures and is chaired by Estelle Morris (Baroness Morris of Yardley). The role of Skillset Patrons is to influence and champion the organisation and encourage and vocalise support for its work.
- Estelle Morris (Baroness Morris of Yardley)
President of Skillset Patrons
Lord (David) Puttnam of Queensgate, CBE
Dawn Airey
Charles Allen, CBE- Lord (Waheed) Alli of Norbury
- Peter Bazalgette Chairman, Endemol UK
- Lord (Melvyn) Bragg of Wigton Broadcaster
- Greg Dyke
- Huw Edwards BBC Newsreader and Broadcast Journalist
- Lord (Michael) Grade of Yarmouth
- Clive Jones, CBE Chairman of Two Way TV and of Energetic Communications, and a non-executive director of S4C and S4C Masnachol
- Michael Kuhn Qwerty Films
- Roger Laughton, CBE (Chair of the Audio Visual Industries Training Group, AVITG, 1999-2001)
- John McCormick Chair of Scottish Qualifications Authority, formerly head of BBC Scotland
- Denise O'Donoghue, OBE Managing Director, ITV Studios UK
- Trevor Phillips, OBE Chair, Commission for Equality and Human Rights
- Lord (Chris) Smith of Finsbury Chair of the Environment Agency and former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- Joyce Taylor Chair of Skillset/Ofcom Taskforce and Member of Ofcom Advisory Committee for Scotland
Mark Thompson Director-General of the BBC
Parminder Vir, OBE Producer and Diversity Consultant