13 Facts About Mark Damazer

Mark Damazer is the son of a Polish-Jewish delicatessen owner in Willesden in North London.

Mark Damazer is the younger brother of Benjamyn Damazer JP DL.

Mark Damazer then studied history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a double starred first.

Mark Damazer returned to England to train at ITN in 1980, with fellow trainees Edward Stourton and Michael Crick.

Mark Damazer joined the BBC World Service as a current affairs producer in 1981.

Mark Damazer joined Newsnight as an editor in January 1986.

Mark Damazer became Head of Political Programmes in March 1998.

Mark Damazer became Assistant Director of BBC News in December 1999, then Deputy Director in April 2001.

Mark Damazer was appointed Controller of Radio 4 and BBC7 in October 2004, taking over from Helen Boaden.

On 12 April 2010, the BBC announced that Mark Damazer was standing down as Controller of Radio 4 and leaving the Corporation to become Master of St Peter's College, Oxford.

Mark Damazer held the appointment of Master from October 2010 to September 2019.

Mark Damazer served on the boards of trustees of the Institute of Contemporary British History and the Carl Rosa Opera, and Mental Health Media.

Mark Damazer is the Senior Non-Executive Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum and a Trustee of the BBC since April 2015.