UTV Media announces retirement of group commercial director
The board of UTV Media has today announced that group commercial director Jim Downey will retire at the end of the year.
Downey, who joined the company in 1998, was appointed to the board as group finance director in November 2000. He was promoted to group commercial director in December 2006.
The board has said that it wishes to thank Downey for his enormous contribution to the company during a period of significant growth and transformation of the business and wishes him well for his retirement.
The announcement follows UTV Media revealing last week that a rebrand and relaunch of its local radio websites would take place today.