Big Cheese Chart: fresh faces join Channel 4 shortlist

As news emerges that outgoing chairman Luke Johnson is helping choose its new chief executive , two new execs join the Big Cheese Chart. Alex Graham, the founder of independent producer Wall to Wall and a former chairman of industry body Pact, David Abraham, the low-profile chief executive officer of UKTV, and Disney executive Andy Bird are understood to be on the list, alongside Kevin Lygo, Caroline Thomson and Lorraine Heggessey, as reported by MediaGuardian.co.uk . The Channel 4 panel at this stage is not believed to have approached Peter Fincham, neither is Fincham thought to have applied. • Click here for a full explanation of how the Big Cheese Chart works.