BBC Board

{{Short description|Governing board of the British Broadcasting Corporation}}

The BBC Board is the governing board of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The board replaced the BBC Trust in April 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/board-appointments|title=BBC Board Appointments|work=BBC Media Centre|date=2017-03-23}}

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|date = September 2022|reason = Secretary of State for what?}} Five other non-executive members are appointed by the board and the four executive members are chosen by the board.{{cite web|accessdate=2020-06-13|title=Non-Executive Members of the BBC Board|url=https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/non-executive-members-bbc-board-copy/}}

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! Name

! Position

! colspan=2|Term of office

style="text-align:center;" | Samir Shah

| style="text-align:center;" | Chairman

| style="text-align:center;" | 4 March 2024

| style="text-align:center;" | 3 March 2028

style="text-align:center;" | Tim Davie

| style="text-align:center;" | Director-General

| style="text-align:center;" | 1 September 2020

| style="text-align:center;" | —

style="text-align:center;" | Shumeet Banerji

| style="text-align:center;" | Non-executive Director

| style="text-align:center;" | 7 January 2022

| style="text-align:center;" | 31 December 2025

style="text-align:center;" | Sir Damon Buffini

| style="text-align:center;" | Non-executive Director and Deputy Chair{{notetag|The title of deputy chair is an honorary one held ex-officio by the chair of the BBC's Commercial Board{{cite web|url=https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/whoweare/bbcboard/board-minutes-8-december-2022.pdf|page=6|title=Meeting of the BBC Board - Minutes - 8 December 2022|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 April 2023}}}}

| style="text-align:center;" | 1 January 2022

| style="text-align:center;" | 31 December 2025

style="text-align:center;" | Sir Robbie Gibb

| style="text-align:center;" | Member for England

| style="text-align:center;" | 7 May 2021

| style="text-align:center;" | 6 May 2028

style="text-align:center;" | Muriel Gray

| style="text-align:center;" | Member for Scotland

| style="text-align:center;" | 3 January 2022

| style="text-align:center;" | 2 January 2026

style="text-align:center;" | Chris Jones

| style="text-align:center;" | Non-executive Director

| style="text-align:center;" | 24 July 2023

| style="text-align:center;" | 23 July 2027

style="text-align:center;" | Charlotte Moore

| style="text-align:center;" | Chief Content Officer

| style="text-align:center;" | 1 September 2020

| style="text-align:center;" | 31 August 2026

style="text-align:center;" | Michael Plaut

| style="text-align:center;" | Member for Wales

| style="text-align:center;" | 1 June 2024

| style="text-align:center;" | 31 May 2028

style="text-align:center;" | Sir Nicholas Serota

| style="text-align:center;" | Senior Independent Director

| style="text-align:center;" | 3 April 2017

| style="text-align:center;" | 2 April 2025

style="text-align:center;" | Michael Smyth

| style="text-align:center;" | Member for Northern Ireland

| style="text-align:center;" | 20 July 2023

| style="text-align:center;" | 19 July 2027

style="text-align:center;" | Marinella Soldi

| style="text-align:center;" | Non-executive Director

| style="text-align:center;" | 11 September 2023

| style="text-align:center;" | 10 September 2026

style="text-align:center;" | Leigh Tavaziva

| style="text-align:center;" | Chief Operating Officer

| style="text-align:center;" | 1 February 2021

| style="text-align:center;" | 31 January 2025

style="text-align:center;" | Deborah Turness

| style="text-align:center;" | CEO, BBC News and Current Affairs

| style="text-align:center;" | 5 September 2022

| style="text-align:center;" | 4 September 2026

Executive committee

The executive committee is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the broadcaster.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/whoweare/exco|title=Executive committee|website=About the BBC|access-date=29 April 2023}}

class="wikitable" !Name !!Position
Tim Davie	Chairman; director-general; chief executive; editor-in-chief
Kerris Bright	Chief Customer officer
Alan Dickson	Chief Financial Officer
Tom Fussell	CEO, BBC Studios
Alice Macandrew	Group Corporate Affairs Director
Charlotte Moore	Chief Content Officer
Uzair Qadeer	Chief People Officer
Gautam Rangarajan	Group Director of Strategy and Performance
Rhodri Talfan Davies	Director, Nations
Leigh Tavaziva	Chief Operating Officer
Deborah Turness	CEO, BBC News and Current Affairs

Notes

References

External links

[https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/whoweare/bbcboard BBC Board]