ITV has found its new money man: the British commercial broadcaster has hired former Emi and Easyjet exec Chris Kennedy as Chief Finance Officer. This comes after Ian Griffiths, who has been with the company for ten years, revealed earlier this summer that he would be stepping down.

Kennedy is set to join ITV on February 1 2019; he joins from Microfocus International, the software business that merged with Hewlett Packard. However, more pertinently, he worked with current ITV CEO Carolyn McCall during a five year stint at airline Easyjet between 2010 and 2015.

He previously spent 17 years at record label Emi in a variety of roles, mainly in the financial sector, but also including supply chain, sales, business development and general management. His last role was Chief Investment Officer reporting to the CEO and Terra Firma, which controversially took over the company, and included investment and content licensing deals including those with new digital players.