Sir David Nicholas CBE (25 January 1930 – 4 June 2022) was a British broadcast journalist, ITN editor-in-chief, chief executive (1977–1989), and chairman (1989–91).
He was the son of Daniel Nicholas, a bank's chief cashier, and his wife Elizabeth (née Williams).
After graduating in English (Bachelor of Arts) from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and doing national service in the Army's education corps (from 1951 to 1953), Nicholas became a journalist.
He was also Chairman of the Deptford Challenge Trust from 1996 to 2005 and a Member of the Council of Goldsmiths College, London, from 1996 to 2003.
[6] Nicholas received the Producers’ Guild Award in 1967 (for coverage of the return of Sir Francis Chichester).