BBC Trust

Main article: BBC Trust

The BBC Trust was formed on 1 January 2007, replacing the Board of Governors as the governing body of the Corporation. The Trust sets the strategy for the corporation, assesses the performance of the BBC Executive Board in delivering the BBC's services, and appoints the Director-General.
BBC Trustees are appointed by the British monarch on advice of government ministers.^[58] There are twelve trustees, led by Chairman Rona Fairhead who was appointed on 31 August 2014 and vice-chairman Sir Roger Carr. There are trustees for the four nations of the United Kingdom; England (Mark Florman), Scotland (Bill Matthews), Wales (Elan Closs Stephens) and Northern Ireland (Aideen McGinley). The remaining trustees are Sonita Alleyne, Richard Ayre, Mark Damazer, Nicholas Prettejohn, Suzanna Taverne and Lord Williams.^[59]

Executive Board

John Reith 1927–1938 Frederick Ogilvie 1938–1942 Cecil Graves 1942–1943 Jointly with Robert Foot Robert Foot 1942–1944 Jointly with Cecil Graves until 1943 William Haley 1944–1952 Ian Jacob 1952–1959 Hugh Carleton Greene 1960–1969 Charles Curran 1969–1977 Ian Trethowan 1977–1982 Alasdair Milne 1982–1987 Michael Checkland 1987–1992 John Birt 1992–2000 Greg Dyke 2000–2004 Mark Thompson 2004–2012 George Entwistle 17 September to 10 November 2012 Tim Davie (Acting Director-General) 11 November 2012 to 2 April 2013 Tony Hall 2 April 2013 – present

List of BBC Directors General

The Executive Board meets once per month and is responsible for operational management and delivery of services within a framework set by the BBC Trust, and is headed by the Director-General, currently Tony Hall.^[60] The Executive Board consists of both Executive and Non-Executive directors, with non-executive directors being sourced from other companies and corporations and being appointed by the BBC Trust.^[61] The executive board is made up of the Director General as well as the head of each of the main BBC divisions. These at present are:

• Director General: Tony Hall
• Deputy Director General: Anne Bulford
• Director, Radio: Helen Boaden
• Director of Content: Charlotte Moore
• Director, Studios: Mark Linsey
• Director, News and Current Affairs: James Harding
• Director of Strategy and Education: James Purnell
• CEO, BBC Worldwide & Director, Global: Tim Davie
• Non-Executive Director: Sir Howard Stringer
• Non-Executive Director: Dame Fiona Reynolds
• Non-Executive Director: Alice Perkins
• Non-Executive Director: Dharmash Mistry
• Non-Executive Director: Simon Burke

The board shares some of its responsibilities to four sub-committees including: Audit, Fair Trading, Nominations and Remuneration.
It is also supported by a number of management groups within the BBC, including the BBC Management Board, the Finance and Business committee, and boards at the Group level, such as Radio and Television. The boards of BBC Worldwide support and BBC Commercial Holdings along with the Executive Board on commercial matters.^[62]