ITV managing director of global content, Dawn Airey, has left the broadcaster after just eight months in the role.
Airey is set to join the RTL Group in a role that will include chairing Channel Five.
She had been recently promoted to be an executive on ITV’s board and was seen as a leading candidate to become ITV chief executive after the departure of Michael Grade in 2010.
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