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The director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and (from 1994) editor-in-chief of the BBC. The post-holder was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC (for the period 1927 to 2007) and then the BBC Trust (from 2007 to 2017). Since 2017 the director-general has been appointed by the BBC Board.
As Editor of ITN, Turness presided over a series of scoops and world exclusives including the arrest of the London bomber and the leaked investigation report on the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. [9] [10] In May 2011, she was the only journalist invited to the Buckingham Palace State Banquet for Barack Obama. She was described as one of ...
The board replaced the BBC Trust in April 2017. [1] The chair and four non-executive members representing the four nations are appointed by the King-in-Council, on the advice of the UK Secretary of State. [clarification needed] Five other non-executive members are appointed by the board and the four executive members are chosen by the board. [2]
Michael Richard Jackson (born 11 February 1958) [1] is a British television producer and executive. He was one of only three people to have been Controller of both BBC1 and BBC2, the main television channels of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and for being the first media studies graduate to reach a senior level in the British media. [1]
Timothy Douglas Davie CBE (born 25 April 1967) is a British media executive, and the Director-General of the BBC since September 2020, [1] [2] taking over from Tony Hall.He was previously appointed as the acting director-general of the BBC in November 2012 following the resignation of George Entwistle, [3] [4] until Hall took over the role permanently in April 2013.
Michael Ian Grade, Baron Grade of Yarmouth, CBE (born 8 March 1943) is an English television executive and businessman. He has held a number of senior roles in television, including controller of BBC1 (1984–1986), chief executive of Channel 4 (1988–1997), chairman of the board of governors of the BBC (2004–2006), and executive chairman of ITV plc (2007–2009). [1]
Samir Shah, CBE (born 29 January 1952), is a British television and radio executive. He has worked for London Weekend Television, the BBC, and is the chief executive of Juniper TV (his own one man band company) a British company. [1] In 2021, he co-authored the UK government's Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report. [2]
John Smith (born August 1957) was [2] the chief executive officer of BBC Worldwide from 2004 until 2012 [3] and was a board member of Burberry Group plc and Chief Operating Officer. He is now Chairman of several businesses and a Director of both listed and private equity owned companies.