Henry Staunton (born 20 May 1948, India), is a British businessman and the former Finance Director of Granada Group and ITV plc.
Named in The Times 2006 Power 100 survey, and rated as one of the UK's top 50 finance movers and shakers by Accountancy Age, Staunton is an "experienced finance professional" and "well regarded dealmaker" with a long history of big corporate transactions. While at Granada he helped steer one of the largest mergers in media history - creating a unified ITV - and played a key role in ensuring Granada and its key executives came out on top after the £5.8bn deal to merge Carlton and Granada."
He currently sits on the boards of insurer Legal & General, The Merchants Trust plc, Standard Bank, international fashion retailer New Look, property investment and development company Capital & Counties Properties and, as of 1 September 2010, British retailer, WH Smith.
Read more about Henry Staunton: Education and Early Career, Granada and ITV, Non-executive Career, Other Interests
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