Emap radio boss quitsJulia DayTuesday February 28, 2006MediaGuardian.co.uk
One of Emap's most senior radio executives, Shaun Gregory, is leaving the company after a decade.

Mr Gregory, the Emap Performance managing director of national radio brands, was responsible for networks Kiss, Magic, Kerrang!, Smash Hits, Q, Heat, The Hits and Mojo. He also oversaw Emap's digital plans and its radio development team.
He told staff at Emap about his departure today and is believed to want to spend more time with his young family after moving from Sheffield to Sussex. Mr Gregory is leaving the company at the end of the week and is unlikely to be replaced.

His staff will now report to Dee Ford, the Emap head of radio, who said: "We often refer to the growth opportunities offered to those people within Emap who can demonstrate ability and delivery - Shaun is a living example of this in practice.

"Shaun leaves with my personal thanks for all the passion, drive and delivery that he has brought to Emap radio over the past 10 years."

Starting his career at Emap as local sales manager at Liverpool's Radio City, Mr Gregory was previously Emap Performance's director of development, masterminding the strategy behind Emap's string of digital radio station launches, before being promoted to oversee all Emap's national radio brands 16 months ago.