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Global investment firm KKR has announced the appointment of former Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch as an Executive Advisor to the firm. In his role, Darroch will leverage his business and leadership expertise to support KKR’s European Private Equity investment activities and portfolio companies, particularly in the UK and in the Telecoms, Media and Technology (TMT) sector.

“Jeremy is one of Britain’s most accomplished business leaders with a long track record of driving industry-leading innovation and managing high-performing organisations,” said Philipp Freise, Partner and Co-Head of European Private Equity at KKR. “We are deeply committed to investing behind the UK economy and Europe’s digitalisation efforts. Jeremy’s deep experience in the UK and unparalleled understanding of the TMT landscape will help us identify new investment opportunities and support our portfolio companies in achieving their global ambitions.”

“I’ve long admired KKR’s partnership approach and focus on improving businesses over the long-term,” added Darroch. “I look forward to contributing my experience in identi

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Sir Jeremy Darroch

Appointment

Appointed as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director in November 2022 and became Chair of the Board in May 2024. Sir Jeremy is also a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

Career

Sir Jeremy is the former Executive Chairman and Group Chief Executive of Sky. He joined Sky PLC as Chief Financial Officer in 2004 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in 2007. He stepped down from this position in January 2021, becoming Executive Chairman until the end of that year. Prior to this, He was Group Finance Director of DSG International plc (formerly Dixons Group plc) and spent 12 years at Procter & Gamble in a variety of roles in the UK and Europe. He was previously Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Burberry Group plc, and Non-Executive Director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Marks and Spencer Group plc. He is also a WWF ambassador and the former Chairman of Business in the Community, the UK’s oldest and largest responsible business network. Jeremy holds a BSc in Ec

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Sky Group

Executive Chairman

Comcast-owned pay-TV company Sky, with 24 million subscribers across seven European countries, had been depending on its exclusive sports coverage and Hollywood output deals to attract subscribers, but it has increasingly been high-budget original shows that are drawing customers, such as mob tale “Gangs of London” — its most binged drama — which moved from Cine­max to AMC before its U.S. bow. Sky will double its investment in originals by 2024, and in early 2020 Darroch said it would offer 80 original series to British subscribers this year — a 25% increase. Alas, in March COVID-19 shuttered 29 productions. In July, Sky was cleared to start building the massive Sky Studios Elstree near London, which will be the production base for its releases from NBC­Universal and likely generate up to an additional £3 billion ($3.79 million). In 2021, his role was shifted to executive chairman, with comcast exec Dana Strong succeeding Darroch as group CEO of Sky.

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