Virgin Media Names Mine Hifzi GC

Virgin Media has appointed a new general counsel, Mine Hifzi, senior vice-president of international commercial and legal affairs for Scripps International. Prior to Scripps, Hifzi spent 14 years heading up the international legal and government affairs team at Discovery Communications and also worked in senior positions at Turner Broadcasting Systems Europe and United International Pictures. Pamela Claridge has been acting general counsel since the exit of Scott Dresser, who resigned from the company in August 2012 citing “personal reasons”, after just over 18 months in the job.