The BBC now 
and in the future 

Overview 

The draft Royal Charter signals far-reaching change at the 
BBC.The new BBC Trust which will replace the Governors 
has an explicit duty to represent the interests of licence fee 
payers.As a result, there will be much sharper separation 
between those charged with the oversight of the BBC and 
those charged with delivering its services. 

Another significant change is that, for the first time, the 
new Charter will include a definition of the public purposes 
of the BBC.These are: 

 Sustaining citizenship and civil society 
 Promoting education and learning 
 Stimulating creativity and cultural excellence 
 Representing the UK, its nations, regions and 
communities 
 Bringing the world to the UK and the UK to the world 
 Building digital Britain (helping to deliver the benefits of 
emerging communications technologies and services and 
taking a leading role in the switchover to digital television) 
However, some things, such as funding the BBC via a licence 
fee,will stay the same.This section outlines the current 
arrangements and the changes ahead. 


Licence fee 

Licence fee payers provide by far the greatest 
part of the money the BBC spends – 
including concessions there are 25 million – 
and the new governance structure 
(see below) will significantly strengthen 
the influence of licence fee payers in the 
direction of the BBC. The level of the 
licence fee is set by the Government. 

Parliament 

Parliament scrutinises BBC affairs through 
debates on the floors of both Houses 
and through select committee hearings, 
where BBC Governors – in future, 
BBC Trustees – and members of BBC 
management are called to account for the 
BBC’s performance.The Charter renewal 
process has been subject to parliamentary 
scrutiny throughout its course. 

The Royal Charter 

The BBC is incorporated under a Royal 
Charter that sets out the BBC’s objects 
and constitution. An accompanying 
Agreement sets out its obligations in 
greater detail.The current Royal Charter 
and Agreement are due to expire at 
the end of 2006.The new Charter and 
Agreement will run for ten years until the 
end of 2016 and licence fee funding will 
also continue for that period.The new 
Charter explicitly recognises the 
independence of the BBC. 

BBC governance 

The new draft Charter and Agreement 
impose radical changes on the governance 
of the BBC. 

Under the current Charter, there are 
12 BBC Governors, appointed by the 
Queen on advice from ministers in 
accordance with Nolan principles that 
public appointments should be made on 
merit.All are part-time.They bring a broad 
range of experience and expertise to 
the BBC Board. National Governors for 
Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland 
each chair Broadcasting Councils, and the 
Governor with special responsibility for the 
English Regions chairs the English National 
Forum.The views of people in the nations 
and regions on BBC programmes and 
services are made known through these 
bodies.The World Service and Global 
News Consultative Group gives the 
Governors an independent review of the 
range and quality of the output of BBC 
World Service and BBC World. 

Under the new Charter, the Board of 
Governors will be replaced by the BBC 
Trust and there will also be a new formally 
constituted Executive Board with its role 
and responsibilities defined in the Charter. 
The functions of the two bodies will 
be clearly separated with operational 
responsibility resting with the Executive 
Board.The Trust,as the body responsible 
for the strategic direction of the BBC, will 
scrutinise the strategies put forward by the 
Executive Board.The Trust will set Purpose 
Remits, issue Service Licences (see page 9) 
and hold the Executive Board to account 
for its performance in delivering BBC 
services against the terms and conditions 
of these documents. 

BBC Trust 

The BBC Trust will have ultimate 
responsibility for the licence fee. It will 
embody the public interest, represent 
the views of licence fee payers, safeguard 
the independence of the BBC and ensure 
that the BBC fulfils its distinctive public 
purposes.The Trustees will approve or 
reject broad BBC strategies, determine 
top-level annual budgets, and assess the 
performance of the BBC Executive Board 
and hold it to account.The Trustees will 
issue Service Licences setting out the remit 
and budget of each BBC service, and will 
commission Public Value Tests (see page 9) 
when the Executive Board proposes 
significant changes to existing services 
or the introduction of new services. 

There will be 12 Trustees, appointed by 
the Queen on advice from ministers in 
accordance with Nolan principles.The 
Trustees will include members dedicated 
to the interests of England, Scotland,Wales 
and Northern Ireland assisted by Audience 
Councils.The Trust will be expected to 
be open and transparent in everything 
it does, and actively to seek the views 
of, and engage with, licence fee payers. 
Its independence will be underpinned by 
a full-time Trust Unit, based on the existing 
Governance Unit (see page 8). 

Ofcom, the communications regulator, 
already regulates some aspects of the BBC 
and will continue to do so. For example, 
the BBC follows Ofcom’s standards and 
fairness codes (except for due accuracy 
and impartiality, which remain the sole 
concern of the Governors – and, in future, 
of the Trustees).Under the new Charter, 
Ofcom will conduct the Market Impact 
Assessments when the Trust commissions 
Public Value Tests. 

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The BBC now 
and in the future 

BBC Governance Unit 
Executive Board 

The Governance Unit supports the 
work of the Board of Governors, 
providing independent and objective 
advice. It will continue this service 
for the BBC Trust, renamed the Trust 
Unit.The Unit is independent of BBC 
management. Its director is appointed 
by the Board of Governors – in 
future, by the BBC Trust – and the 
Unit’s staff are outside the BBC 
management chain.The Unit provides 
support across a range of BBC 
activity including accountability to 
audiences, performance oversight, 
financial scrutiny, compliance, and 
complaints and appeals – both 
editorial and fair trading. 
In addition, the Unit uses external 
advisers for specific projects. 
For example, during 2005/2006, 
independent advisers carried 
out a review of coverage of the 
Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and 
accountants from PA Consulting 
advised on the progress of BBC 
management’s efficiency measures and 
scrutinised the BBC’s licence fee bid 
prior to its approval by the Board. 
The Governance Unit has a staff 
of 33. In 2005/2006, the total 
cost of the Governance Unit was 
£8.3million (£8.4million 2004/2005). 
This included £1.3million for the 
national and regional advisory 
councils (£1.2million 2004/2005). 
The Director of Governance 
is currently reviewing the Unit’s 
budget and resources against 
the responsibilities of the new 
BBC Trust. 
Under the current Charter, the operations 
of the BBC are managed by an Executive 
Board made up of BBC executive directors. 
It is chaired by the Director-General, who 
is the BBC’s chief executive and editor-inchief.The Executive Board answers to the 
Board of Governors, which appoints the 
Director-General. 

Under the new Charter the Executive 
Board will be reconstituted and 
strengthened by the appointment of 
a significant minority of non-executive 
directors, nominated by the Board and 
approved by the Trust.Their role is to 
support the Executive Board as ‘critical 
friends’ and to bring an external 
perspective and expertise to its work. 
The Executive Board will be responsible 
for the delivery of services, the direction 
of editorial and creative output, the 
operational management of the BBC, 
and delivering value for money. 

BBC 

The BBC’s 14 divisions produce or 
commission all BBC output.There are nine 
broadcasting divisions.They manage the 
BBC networks and their programme 
commissioning and production.These 
divisions are: 

 Television 
 Radio & Music 
 News 
 Nations & Regions 
 Sport 
 Factual & Learning 
 Drama, Entertainment & Children’s 
 New Media & Technology 
 Global News (including BBC World 
Service and BBC World) 
In addition, there are five divisions 
providing professional support: 

 BBC People 
 Finance 
 Marketing, Communications & Audiences 
 Strategy 
 Operations 
The BBC’s commercial subsidiaries – which 
sell goods and services around the world 
to maximise licence fee investment – are 
held under an umbrella company, BBC 
Commercial Holdings Limited: 

 BBC Worldwide Limited 
 BBC Resources Limited 
 BBC World Limited 
The profits these subsidiaries produce 
are returned to the BBC for investment 
in programme making. 

Television, radio, online 

Across the UK, the BBC operates eight 
television channels and ten radio networks, 
46 local and national radio stations, and the 
interactive services bbc.co.uk and BBCi. 

Internationally,BBC World Service 
broadcasts on radio in 33 languages; BBC 
World delivers a global television news 
service; and the online site bbcnews.com 
offers news and audio for international 
audiences. BBC Worldwide also operates a 
portfolio of commercial television channels 
in international markets, some BBC 
branded, some operated as joint ventures 
with other broadcasters.These services are 
not supported by the licence fee but are 
paid for either by Grant-in-Aid from the 
Government or by advertising. 

In addition to broadcast and online 
services, the BBC works in the community 
in many different ways, including through 
BBC Children in Need which raises large 
sums to help disadvantaged children in 
the UK. 

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Delivering the BBC’s public purposes


BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006 9 
Purpose Remits 
For each of the BBC’s six public 
purposes (see page 6) the Trust 
will publish a Purpose Remit setting 
out high level pan-BBC priorities for 
the BBC in delivering the purposes 
and how success will be measured. 
In developing these remits the Trust 
will consult publicly. 
Service Licences 
The Trust will also issue Service 
Licences detailing the budget and 
remit of each BBC service, how they 
contribute to the delivery of the BBC’s 
public purposes, and how performance 
should be measured.All the licences 
will be published. 
Performance measurement framework 
To ensure that BBC services are 
delivered in line with remits and Service 
Licences, a new performance 
measurement framework has been 
developed.This is based partly on 
measuring licence fee payer perceptions 
and partly on empirical measurements 
of financial and audience data.The aim is 
to reach assessments that are objective, 
rigorous and transparent, taking into 
account four factors: reach, quality, 
impact, and value for money. 
 Reach is a measure of usage. It 
records the percentage of the 
population who view, listen to or use 
a service for a given time over a given 
period (for the BBC, usually 15 
minutes over the course of a week). 
Reach differs from the traditional 
audience measure: share. Share is 
the percentage of the total audience 
watching or listening to a particular 
channel or service over a given period 
of time. However, reach is generally 
accepted as a better measure of 
universality and therefore more 
appropriate to the BBC, which has 
always made universality (for everyone 
and freely available to everyone) one 
of its key principles. 
 Quality is largely a measure of 
audience perception, but also includes 
some empirical data. It is tracked 
through surveys that record the 
proportion of the audience who 
believe a particular programme 
or service is of “high quality” and 
contains “fresh ideas and approaches”. 
Assessments of quality also include 
empirical measures of originality in 
the sense of the proportion of hours 
that are new and UK-originated. 
 Impact is another measure of audience 
perception. It is tracked through 
surveys that record the proportion of 
the audience who believe a particular 
programme or service is “enjoyable” 
and “stimulating”. Impact attempts to 
measure the effect that BBC output 
has on enriching the lives of individuals 
and citizens. 
 Value for money is primarily an 
empirical financial assessment. It is 
measured in two ways. One is to 
divide the total cost of a programme 
or other output by the number of 
viewers, listeners or users to produce 
a cost per viewer/listener/user. 
The second way is to divide the total 
cost by the number of viewing or 
listening hours to produce a cost 
per viewer/listener hour. Broader 
measures are also taken into account, 
such as audience perceptions of how 
wisely the BBC spends the licence fee. 
The new performance measurement 
framework started to come into use 
in autumn 2004 and continues to be 
developed.The framework was assessed 
by the National Audit Office in 2005. 
When the new Charter is in force, the 
new measurement framework will form 
the basis for the BBC’s Annual Report. 
Public Value Test 
Public Value Tests will be applied by 
the Trust if BBC management wishes 
to introduce new services or make 
significant changes to existing services. 
The tests are a recognition that while 
BBC services aim to create positive 
public value, they may also impact the 
market.The tests will assess the 
potential positive public value of the 
proposed change and weigh it against 
an assessment of its potential negative 
market impact. Only if the potential 
public value created outweighs the 
potential negative market impact will 
the Trust agree to the proposed change 
being implemented.The Market Impact 
Assessments will be conducted by 
Ofcom and overseen by a joint steering 
group including Ofcom and the BBC 
Trust.The Trust will publish the evidence 
and reasoning behind its decisions. 
Public value survey 
In addition to regular performance 
monitoring, the BBC Trust will, every 
three to five years, commission a major 
independent survey involving around 
10,000 respondents.The surveys will 
provide valuable indicators of important 
trends and needs.The Trust will publish 
the results, together with any action 
they choose to take as a result. 

Board of Governors


The BBC Governors, led by the Chairman of the BBC, 
represent the public interest.They hold management to 
account and ensure the BBC’s independence.They are 
appointed by the Queen on advice from ministers in 
accordance with Nolan principles that public appointments 
are made on merit.The Governors are accountable to 
licence fee payers and to Parliament. Under the new BBC 
Charter, the Governors will be replaced by a new body, 
the BBC Trust (see page 6,The BBCnow and in the future). 


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1 Michael Grade CBE 
Chairman 

BBC Chairman since May 2004 and 
Chairman Designate of the BBC Trust 
since March 2005. Chairman of Pinewood 
Shepperton and Chairman of Hemscott 
Group both since 2000, Director of 
Charlton Athletic FC since 1997. Former 
journalist and theatrical agent. At LWT 
from 1973 to 1981, latterly as Director of 
Programmes; President, Embassy Television 
in Hollywood from 1981 to 1984; at the BBC 
from 1984 to 1987, latterly as Managing 
Director of Television Designate; Chief 
Executive, Channel 4 from 1988 to 1997; 
at First Leisure Corporation from 1997 to 
2000, latterly as Chief Executive; Chairman, 
Camelot from 2002 to 2004; Director, 
SMG from 2003 to 2004; at The Television 
Corporation, latterly as interim Chairman 
from 2003 to 2004. Broadcasting Press 
Guild Harvey Lee Award for outstanding 
contribution to broadcasting 1997. Fellow 
of the RTS and BAFTA, and Vice-President 
of BAFTA since June 2004. Born 1943. 

2 Anthony Salz 
Vice-Chairman 

Vice-Chairman since August 2004. 
Chairman of the Fair Trading Compliance 
Committee; Chairman of the Remuneration 
Committee and member of the Finance 
and General Purposes Committee. Until 
January 2006 joint senior partner of the 
law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 
continuing as a partner until April 2006. 
Chairman of the Tate Gallery’s Corporate 
Advisory Group from 1997 to 2002 
(continuing as a member of that group) and 
a trustee of the Tate Foundation.Trustee 
of the Eden Project. A director of Habitat 
for Humanity GB.Trustee of the Paul 
Hamlyn Foundation. Born 1950. 

3 Deborah Bull CBE 

BBC Governor since August 2003. Member 
of the Governors’ Programme Complaints 
Committee and the Remuneration 
Committee. Principal Dancer, Royal Ballet 
from 1991 to 2001.Director,Artists’ 
Development Initiative, Royal Opera House 
from 1999 to 2001. Creative Director, 
ROH2 since 2002. Former member of 
Arts Council England. Has written and 
presented programmes and series for BBC 
Television and BBC Radio, including The 
Dancer’s Body in 2002, and published books 
on the arts and nutrition. Born 1963. 

4 Sir Andrew Burns KCMG 

The BBC’s International Governor since July 
2005. Member of the Audit Committee. 
Non-Executive Director of J P Morgan 
Chinese Investment Trust since 2003 
and Chairman of the Council of Royal 
Holloway, University of London since 2004. 
Former diplomat – posts held include 
Ambassador to Israel 1992–1995, Deputy 
Under Secretary of State FCO 1995–1997, 
Consul-General Hong Kong and Macau 
1997–2000, High Commissioner to 

Canada 2000–2003. President Canada UK 
Colloquia and Chairman Hestercombe 
Garden Trust, both since 2004. Born 1943. 

5 Baroness Deech DBE (Ruth) 

BBC Governor since October 2002. 
Member of the Audit Committee and 
the Fair Trading Compliance Committee. 
Independent Adjudicator for Higher 
Education since 2004. Principal of St Anne’s 
College, Oxford from 1991 to 2004, having 
been a Fellow and Tutor in Law there 
since 1970.Honorary Bencher of the Inner 
Temple, a Mandela Rhodes Trustee, and 
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. 
Former Chairman of the Human Fertilisation 
and Embryology Authority. Born 1943. 

6 Dermot Gleeson 

BBC Governor since November 2000 
(reappointed August 2004) and BBC 
Trustee Designate. Chairman of the 
Finance and General Purposes Committee; 
member of the Audit Committee; 
Alternate Chairman of the BBC Pension 
Scheme Trustees. Chairman of M J Gleeson 
Group plc. Chairman of the Major 
Contractors Group from 2003 to 2005. 
A former director of the Housing 
Corporation and of the Construction 
Industry Training Board.Former Head 
of the Home Affairs Section of the 
Conservative Research Department and 
a member of Christopher Tugendhat’s 
cabinet in the European Commission 
1977 to 1979. Born 1949. 

7 Professor Merfyn Jones 

The BBC’s National Governor for 
Wales since January 2003. Member 
of the Fair Trading Compliance Committee, 
the Governors’ Programme Complaints 
Committee, and the Councils and Advisory 
Bodies Committee. Historian and 
broadcaster. Professor of Welsh History at 
the University of Wales, Bangor, specialising 
in the modern and contemporary history 
of society and politics in Wales. Pro-Vice-
Chancellor of the University from 1998 and 
Vice-Chancellor from 2004. Author of a 
number of books and articles. Born 1948. 

8 Professor Fabian Monds CBE 

The BBC’s National Governor for Northern 
Ireland since August 1999 (appointed for 
a second four-year term from July 2003). 
Member of the Governors’ Programme 
Complaints Committee, the Fair Trading 
Compliance Committee, and the Councils 
and Advisory Bodies Committee. Chairman 
of the trustees of BBC Children in Need. 
Specialist in communications, information 
systems and entrepreneurial studies. 
Chairman of the Northern Ireland Centre 
for Trauma and Transformation in Omagh. 
Former Chairman of Invest Northern 
Ireland and former Pro-Vice-Chancellor 
of the University of Ulster. Born 1940. 

9 Jeremy Peat 

The BBC’s National Governor for Scotland 
since January 2005 and BBCTrustee 
Designate. Chairman of the Audit 
Committee, member of the Finance and 
General Purposes Committee and of the 
Councils and Advisory Bodies Committee. 
Chairman of the BBC Pension Trustees. Panel 
member of the Competition Commission 
and Director of the David Hume Institute. 
Former Group Chief Economist at the 
Royal Bank of Scotland. Former economic 
adviser to the Treasury and the Scottish 
Office.Visiting Professor, Edinburgh 
University School of Management; 
Honorary Professor,Heriot Watt University; 
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; 
member of the Council of the Scottish 
Economic Society. Born 1945. 

10 Angela Sarkis CBE 

BBC Governor since October 2002. 
Member of the Governors’ Programme 
Complaints Committee. Independent 
consultant; member of the House of Lords 
Appointments Commission, and adviser to 
the Department for Education and Skills on 
teacher workload management and school 
leadership. Former non-executive director 
on the National Offender Management 
Board at the Home Office. Former Chief 
Executive, Church Urban Fund and former 
Vice-President of the African Caribbean 
Evangelical Alliance. Chairman, NCVO 
Diversity Project and a founder member of 
the Social Exclusion Unit. A former trustee 
of BBC Children in Need. Born 1955. 

11 Ranjit Sondhi CBE 

BBC Governor since August 1998 
(appointed for a second four-year term 
in August 2002) with special responsibility 
for the English Regions. Chairman of the 
English National Forum and of the Councils 
and Advisory Bodies Committee. Senior 
Lecturer at the University of Birmingham’s 
Westhill College.Trustee of the National 
Gallery and Chairman of the Heart of 
Birmingham Primary Care Trust.Previous 
positions include Deputy Chairman of the 
Commission for Racial Equality and member 
of the Independent Broadcasting Authority 
and the Radio Authority. Born 1950. 

12 Richard Tait CBE 

BBC Governor since August 2004 and 
BBC Trustee Designate. Chairman of 
the Governors’ Programme Complaints 
Committee. Professor of Journalism and 
Director of the Centre for Journalism 
Studies, Cardiff University. Former Editor-in-
Chief of ITN and Editor, Channel 4 News. 
At the BBC, edited Newsnight,The Money 
Programme and the 1987 General Election 
results programme.Vice-Chairman, 
International Press Institute; Fellow, Society 
of Editors and the Royal Television Society. 
Born 1947. 

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Executive Board


The Executive Board manages the operations of the BBC. 
It is chaired by the Director-General.The Executive Board 
answers to the Board of Governors, which appoints the 
Director-General.The Executive Board is supported 
by three sub-groups: the Executive Direction Group, the 
Journalism Board and the Commercial Board. Under the 
new BBC Charter, a significant minority of non-executive 
directors will be appointed to the Executive Board 
(see page 6,The BBC now and in the future). 


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1 Mark Thompson 

Director-General since June 2004.
Chairs the Executive Board and the
Executive Direction Group, made up of 
all the BBC’s divisional directors. Previously
Chief Executive, Channel 4 since 2002.
Former BBC positions include Director 
of Television; Director of National &
Regional Broadcasting; Controller BBC Two;
Head of Factual; Head of Features; Editor,
Panorama, and Editor, Nine O’Clock News.


2 Mark Byford 

Deputy Director-General since January 
2004. Chair of the Journalism Board which 
brings together all the BBC’s journalism 
at an international, UK, national, regional 
and local level.Trustee of the BBC Pension 
Scheme. Former BBC positions include 
Director,Global News and World Service; 
Director of Regional Broadcasting; Head 
of Centre, Leeds, and Home Editor, 
Television News. 

3 John Smith 

BBC Chief Operating Officer since 
June 2004, responsible for all the BBC’s 
commercial and resourcing subsidiaries, as 
well as leading its property strategy. From 
March 2005, also Chief Executive Officer 
of BBC Worldwide Limited. Formerly BBC 
Director of Finance, Property & Business 
Affairs. AccountancyAge Financial Director 
of the Year in 2001. Non-executive 
director at Severn Trent plc and Chairman 
of their Audit Committee. Previously with 
British Rail Group, overseeing demergers. 
Member of the Accounting Standards 
Board until November 2004. 

4 Jenny Abramsky CBE 

Director of Radio & Music since April 
2000. Responsible for BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, 
Five Live, BBC Asian Network, BBC 6 Music, 
1Xtra, Five Live Sports Extra, BBC 7, 
television classical music, Music Live, the 
BBC Proms and the three BBC orchestras 
based in England. Previous BBC positions 
include Director of Continuous News; 
Director of Radio; Controller, BBC Radio 
Five Live; Editor, Radio News & Current 
Affairs, and Editor, Today. 

5 Jana Bennett OBE 

Director of Television since April 2002. 
Responsible for the BBC’s television 
channels – BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three 
and BBC Four; related interactive 
programming; and overseeing content 
on the UKTV joint venture channels and 
BBC America and BBC Prime. Previously 
General Manager and Executive Vice-
President at Discovery Communications 
Inc. in the US; Director of Production at 
the BBC; Head of BBC Science; Editor, 
Horizon, and Senior Producer on 
Newsnight and Panorama. 

6 Tim Davie 

Director of Marketing, Communications 
& Audiences since April 2005. Responsible 
for all the BBC’s marketing, publicity, press 
and PR, audience services and audience 
research activities.Trustee, BBC Children in 
Need since September 2005. Director of 
Freeview and also Digital UK. At PepsiCo 
from 1993, latterly as Vice-President, 
Marketing and Franchise, PepsiCo Europe. 
Joined Procter & Gamble’s marketing 
department in 1991. 

7 Ashley Highfield 

Director of New Media & Technology 
since October 2000. Responsible for 
bbc.co.uk, interactive television services, 
new platforms (broadband, mobile, etc), 
the BBC’s technology portfolio, technical 
innovation, and research and development. 
Previously Managing Director of Flextech 
Interactive, the pay-television company’s 
new media division. Former positions 
include Head of IT and New Media for 
NBC’s European Channels. 

8 Zarin Patel 

Group Finance Director since January 
2005. Responsible for financial strategy, 
planning, control, corporate reporting 
activities and licence fee collection. 
Trustee of the BBC Pension Scheme. 
Former BBC positions include Head 
of Revenue Management and Group 
Financial Controller.Trained as a chartered 
accountant with KPMG, where she spent 
15 years before joining the BBC in 1998. 
Governor, University of the Arts London 
and member of their Audit Committee. 

9 Caroline Thomson 

Director of Strategy since April 2005, 
incorporating previous responsibilities as 
Acting Director, Strategy and Distribution 
since December 2004, and Director 
Policy and Legal (formerly Public Policy) 
since May 2000. Lead Director of the 
Charter Renewal Task Force since June 
2004.Trustee of the BBC Pension Scheme. 
Director of Freeview and also Digital UK. 
Non-executive director of The Pensions 
Regulator. Former positions include 
Director of Strategy & Corporate Affairs, 
BBC World Service; Commissioning Editor, 
Science and Business at Channel 4, and 
political assistant to Roy Jenkins. 

Stephen Dando, former Director, BBC People, 
announced his resignation in January 2006 
and left the BBC in April 2006. Jeremy 
Nordberg was appointed Acting Director 
during the recruitment of a new Director.