DRDB hunts for new CEO as Dickens departs

United Kingdom

by Ben Bold

June 14, 2007

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DRDB hunts for new CEO as Dickens departs

LONDON - The Digital Radio Development Bureau is on the hunt for a chief executive to replace Ian Dickens, who is leaving after five years to embark on a round-the-world sailing trip.

Ralph Bernard, DRDB chairman, said: "Ian indicated his intention to leave DRDB several months ago in order to give plenty of notice to us.

"His long planned and amazing round-the-world sailing trip with his wife begins in the autumn, when he will leave DRDB."

Dickens said: "I joined the DRDB after 20 years marketing experience in UK consumer electronics and I believe I have met the challenge the board set for me back in 2002.

"Today, radio has evolved, and I feel the next step in DAB's development requires someone with expertise and knowledge in new target areas."

News of his departure coincides with a DRDB announcement that more than five million DAB radios have been sold in the UK, according to GfK, the consumer electronics industry's research body.

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