Stuart Cosgrove is Channel 4’s Director of Nations and Regions with overall responsibility for Channel 4’s strategy and corporate development outside London.
He joined Channel 4 in April 1994 as Commissioning Editor for Independent Film and Video.
In 1996, Stuart was promoted to Controller of Arts and Entertainment, managing arts and entertainment, sports, and Channel 4’s flagship American programmes such as ER, Friends and Frasier.
Stuart was born in Perth, Scotland, graduated in Drama and English at the University of Hull, and has a PhD in media.
Stuart has studied at Hull University, George Mason University, Harvard’s JFK School of Government and Leadership and Wharton Business School. He has a doctorate in English and American Studies and is an Honorary Professor of Abertay University and John Moores University Liverpool.