The director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and (from 1994) editor-in-chief of the
BBC.
The position was formerly appointed by the
Board of Governors of the BBC (for the period of 1927 to 2007) and then the
BBC Trust
The BBC Trust was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) between 2007 and 2017. It was operationally independent of BBC management and external bodies, and its stated aim was to make decisions in the best interests of ...
(from 2007 to 2017). Since 2017 the director-general has been appointed by the
BBC Board
The BBC Board is the governing board of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Board replaced the BBC Trust in April 2017. The chairman is Richard Sharp.
The chair and four non-executive members representing the four nations are appointed by ...
.
To date, seventeen individuals have been appointed director-general, plus an additional two who were appointed in an acting capacity only. The current director-general is
Tim Davie, who succeeded
Tony Hall on 1 September 2020.
List of directors-general
Italics indicate that the individual was temporarily appointed as acting director-general.
References
External links
The BBC press office's biographical list of its Directors General
BBC director-general-portraits{{BBC
1927 establishments in England
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