Sir Craig Oliver

Sir Craig Oliver was born 15 May 1969 in Basford, Nottinghamshire. He began his media career in 1992 as a reporter for STV, progressing through roles at ITN, ITV, Channel Four News and the BBC. At the BBC he served as editor of flagship news programmes and Controller of English news output for BBC Global News. In February 2011 he was appointed Director of Politics and Communications to Prime Minister David Cameron, a role he held until July 2016. He was knighted in 2016 following Cameron's resignation.