"Sir Jeremy Isaacs" is a United Kingdom/British television producer and executive, winner of many BAFTA awards and international Emmy Awards. He was also General Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1987–96).

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Any people-intense businesses are very difficult to absorb from an M&A point of view.

Interestingly, the Istanbul bid did not begin with the Turkish government or the mayor of Istanbul, but by groups of publicly spirited citizens.