ITN is looking for a new head of human resources amid ongoing controversy over the company’s use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).
Alexandra Standfast has stepped down as chief people officer after six years, with chief executive Rachel Corp praising her for “championing cultural change and introducing a range of progressive policies”.
ITN said Standfast would "pursue other opportunities" and the company is now hunting for her successor.
In October, The Guardian reported that a report from lawyer Simmons & Simmons recommended hat ITN review its use of NDAs and improve its whistleblowing processes.
Staff had raised allegations that ITN was using NDAs to cover up gender pay discrimination, harassment and bullying.
According to a leaked reporting of an ITN staff meeting in October, obtained by Deadline, Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy said the report “highlights quite a major failure” in the People Team run by Standfast.
One employee claimed more than 30 people had left the team in the past five years and questioned why women in particular were leaving “at such a high rate”.
ITN apologised at the time for management processes that “fell short” and vowed to “implement the review’s recommendations to make sure that any time a concern is raised, it is addressed promptly, thoroughly, and fairly”.
