Lisa Opie

Job: managing director, content, Channel Five
Age: 47
Industry: broadcasting Annual programming
Budget: £230m
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Ranking: 38


Lisa Opie was appointed last year to be the managing director at channel 5.
She was previously the executive vice president of Flextech - now known as Virgin Media Television.
As Managing Director, Flextech Television she was responsible for the creative and commercial management of the channels: Living TV; Living TV2; Bravo; Trouble; Challenge and Ftn. She was also a director on the board of UKTV

She helped launch Television Channel Trouble in 1997.
With recent problems at channel five( their lack of British drama, as the channel relies on US shows such as CSI and House) Lisa poached Neighbours from BBC1 for a reported £300million

Her channel was fined a record £300,000 by Ofcom after its daytime quiz Brainteaser faked the winners of a phone-in competition. It was one of a string of scandals surrounding TV phone-in quizzes

Five also had a lower market share than last year.