Tony Cohen

Biography

Tony Cohen joined the Charity Commission Board in January 2019. He chairs the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.

After working as a newspaper journalist and television producer in the UK, Tony ran a television production company in the US for several years. He was CEO of FremantleMedia, a major international television production, distribution and rights company, specialising in primetime entertainment, drama and factual programming, for over 11 years from 2001 until 2012.

He has served on a number of not-for-profit boards, including the Arvon Foundation, City of Westminster College, the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and Barnardo’s, where he was chair of trustees for the last four and half years until May 2018.

Tony is a Sloan Fellow of the London Business School and a Fellow of the Royal Television Society (RTS).

Previous roles in government

  • Board member