Wall and Milligan linked to ITV coup: former Five boss Elstein looks to his old stamping ground for post-merger ITV management candidates

Marketing Week, August, 2003 by Amanda Wilkinson

United Business Media chief operating officer Malcolm Wall and Five deputy chief executive Nick Milligan are among the names being linked by industry insiders with plans for a post-merger ITV, reportedly being drawn up by former Five chief executive David Elstein.

According to a report published earlier this month by Dundee-based Enders Analysis, Elstein has put together a management ream which would be able to drive through radical change at a merged ITV. Elstein, however, has since denied reports that he is putting forward an alternative management to run a post-merger ITV, saying that it is up to investors in Carlton and Granada to make that decision.

Nonetheless, industry speculation strongly suggests the names of Wall--who is also a non-executive...