Editing Michael Grade (section)

{{Short description|English television executive and businessman (born 1943)}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix   = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name               = The Lord Grade of Yarmouth
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}
| image              = File:Official portrait of Lord Grade of Yarmouth crop 2, 2023.jpg
| caption            = Official portrait, 2023
| office             = Chairman of [[Ofcom]]
| status             = 
| term_start         = 1 May 2022
| predecessor         = [[Maggie Carver]] (acting)
| office1            = [[Chairman of the BBC|Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC]] 
| term_start1        = 17 May 2004
| term_end1          = 28 November 2006
| predecessor1       = [[The Lord Ryder of Wensum]] (acting)
| successor1         = [[Anthony Salz]] (acting)
| office2            = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br/>[[Lord Temporal]]
| term_start2        = 27 January 2011<br/>[[Life peerage]]
| term_end2          = 
| birth_name         = Michael Ian Grade
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1943|3|8|df=y}}
| birth_place        = London, England
| known              = 
| boards             = 
| employer           = 
| party              = [[Crossbencher|Crossbench]]
| otherparty         = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (until 2022)
| spouse             = {{ubl
| {{marriage|Penelope Levinson|1967|1981|reason=divorced}}
| {{marriage|[[Sarah Lawson (producer)|Sarah Lawson]]|1982|1991|reason=divorced}}
| {{marriage|Francesca Leahy|1998}}
}}
| children           = 3
| father             = [[Leslie Grade]]
| relatives          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Lew Grade]] (uncle)
* [[Bernard Delfont]] (uncle)
}}
| education          = [[Stowe School]]<br>[[St Dunstan's College]]
| occupation         = Television executive, businessman
}}

'''Michael Ian Grade, Baron Grade of Yarmouth''' (born 8 March 1943) is an English [[Media proprietor|television executive]] and businessman. He has held a number of senior roles in television, including controller of [[BBC1]] (1984–1986), chief executive of [[Channel 4]] (1988–1997), [[Chairman of the BBC|chairman of the board of governors of the BBC]] (2004–2006), and executive chairman of [[ITV plc]] (2007–2009).<ref name="BBC2009stepdown">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8013801.stm|title=Grade to step down as ITV chief|date=23 April 2009|work=BBC News|access-date=23 April 2009}}</ref> He sat as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[life peer]] in the [[House of Lords]] from 2011 until after his appointment as chair of [[Ofcom]], beginning in May 2022, and moved to the crossbenches.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Lord Grade is confirmed as the new Ofcom Chair |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lord-grade-is-confirmed-as-the-new-ofcom-chair |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>