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Leading businessman of the 1990s whose TV career included the BBC’s 2007 programme Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS?Sir Gerry Robinson, who has died aged 72, was one of the most articulate and successful British business leaders of the 1990s, despite being branded “the upstart caterer” by John Cleese when he shocked the media establishment by taking over as chief executive of Granada, owner of Granada Television. He later forged a television career of his own, advising businesses, and even an NHS trust, on two BBC series.As one of the first business people to be appointed as chair of the Arts Council in 1998 he reorganised it, controversially halving its staff and bringing artists and performers on to a revamped council. Continue reading...