Althea Efunshile has been blocked by the government from joining the all-white board of Channel 4.
Channel 4 has further clarified in a statement, “the appointment of non-executive directors to the Channel 4 board are made my Ofcom in agreement with the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport”.
The Department for Culture, Media, and Sport has stated: “Non-executive members of the Channel 4 Corporation board are appointed by Ofcom with the approval of the secretary of state.
If approved, she would have joined the board as the only non-white individual, and the fourth woman, out of a total of current 13 members.