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Executive Committee

Greg Dyke Director-General since Jana Bennett OBE Director of Director of World customer services and audience January 2000, having joined the BBC since April 2002. Service & Global since research activities. Previously as D-G Designate in November Responsible for the BBC’s output October 2001. Responsible for all European Director for Unilever’s 1999. Previously Chairman and Chief on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three the BBC’s international news and Food and Beverages division. Former Executive of Pearson Television from and BBC Four and for overseeing information services across all media positions include UK Marketing 1995 to 1999. Former posts include content on the UKTV joint venture including BBC World Service radio, Director then European Marketing Editor in Chief of TV-am (1983); channels and the international BBC World television and the Director with Unilever’s UK Food Director of Programmes for TVS channels BBC America and BBC international-facing online news and Beverages division and (1984), and Director of Programmes Prime. Previously General Manager sites. Previously Director of Regional Chairman of the Tea Council. (1987), Managing Director (1990) and Executive Vice President at Broadcasting. Former positions and Group Chief Executive (1991) at Discovery Communications Inc. include Head of Centre, and Carolyn Fairbairn Director of Weekend Television. He has in the US. Former positions include Home Editor Television News. Strategy & Distribution since April also been Chairman of Channel 5; Director of Production at BBC; Head 2001. Responsible for strategic Chairman of the ITA; a director of BBC Science; Editor of Horizon, Stephen Dando Director of planning and the distribution of BBC of ITN, and BSkyB, and and Senior Producer on Human Resources & Internal services. Previously Director of a non-executive director of and Panorama. Communications since June 2001. Strategy. Former positions include United FC. Responsible for all BBC people and Director of Strategy, BBC Worldwide Glenwyn Benson Director, Factual & organisation issues, including staff Limited; working in the Downing Jenny Abramsky CBE Director of Learning since January 2003. Joint communications. Previously global Street Policy Unit, and for McKinsey Radio & Music since April 2000. Director, with Michael Stevenson, Human Resources Director at and Company. Responsible for BBC Radios 1, 2, 3, 4, March 2001– January 2003. Guinness Limited. Former positions Five Live, Asian Network, 6 Music, Responsible (until January 2003 with include Group Management Roger Flynn Chief Executive of 1Xtra, Five Live Sports Extra, BBC 7, Michael Stevenson) for all general Development Director, Diageo, BBC Ventures Group Limited since television classical music, Music Live, and specialist factual programmes and spells with UDV Europe, United June 2001. Responsible for the the BBC Proms and the three BBC and content, and learning for both Distillers, Ferranti International and BBC’s commercial media services orchestras based in . adults and children, across television, Austin Rover. businesses: BBC Broadcast Limited, Previously Director of Continuous radio and interactive media. BBC Technology Holdings Limited, News; Director of Radio; Controller Previously Controller of Specialist Andy Duncan Director of Marketing BBC Resources Limited and BBC of BBC Radio Five Live; Editor, Radio Factual programmes. Former & Communications since June 2001. Vecta Limited. Previously Managing News & Current Affairs, and Editor, positions include Head of BBC Responsible for all the BBC’s Director of Prudential Retail. Former Today programme. Science and Editor, Panorama. marketing, publicity, press and PR, positions include General Manager,

The Executive Committee, This is a caption from left Back row: , Mark Byford, Jana Bennett, Roger Flynn, Caroline Thomson, Front row: , Jenny Abramsky,

18 Annual Report and Accounts 2002/2003 World Sales and Distribution, British Pat Loughrey Director of Nations & include Acting Director of Sport; Service; Commissioning Editor, Airways and Commercial Director, Regions since May 2000. Responsible Head of Newsgathering, and News Science & Business at Channel 4 Virgin Communications Group. for BBC programmes and services in Editor and Deputy Editor, Nine and political assistant to . ,, O’Clock News. Rupert Gavin Chief Executive of and the English Regions. Previously Alan Yentob Director of the Drama, BBC Worldwide Limited since July Controller, BBC Northern Ireland. John Smith Director of Finance, Entertainment & CBBC division since 1998. Responsible for all the BBC’s Former positions include Head of Property & Business Affairs since April 2000. Responsible for all commercial consumer activities in Programmes and Head of April 2000. Responsible for all BBC creative output in these areas, home markets and around the Educational Broadcasting for BBC finances including television licence including BBC Films, and for talent world. Previously Managing Director Northern Ireland, and teaching and collection and property strategy. management across the BBC. of BT’s Consumer Division. Former broadcasting in Ireland and Canada. AccountancyAge Financial Director Chairman of the Institute of positions include Director of of the Year (2001). Previously with Contemporary Arts. Previously Information, Communications and Peter Salmon Director of Sport British Rail Group, overseeing Director of BBC Television; Entertainment for BT and Deputy since November 2000. Responsible de-mergers. Non-executive director Controller of BBC One and BBC Managing Director of Dixons Stores for all BBC Sport activity across of Vickers plc until December 1999. Two; Head of Music & Arts, and Group. television, radio and new media. Member of the Accounting founder Editor, Arena. Previously Controller, BBC One, Standards Board. Ashley Highfield Director of New for three years. Former positions Michael Stevenson was Joint Director, Media & Technology since October include Director of Programmes at Caroline Thomson Director, Policy Factual & Learning from April 2000 2000. Responsible for BBC internet Granada TV; Controller of Factual & Legal Division (Director of Public until January 2003. He was responsible output, interactive television and Programmes at Channel 4, and Policy, July 2000 – May 2003). (with Glenwyn Benson) for all general new platforms (broadband, mobile Head of Features at BBC . Responsible for the BBC’s main and specialist factual programmes and etc), the BBC’s technology portfolio, policies in editorial, regulatory and content, and learning for both adults technical innovation, and research and Richard Sambrook Director of compliance areas, legal affairs, and children, across television, radio development. Previously Managing News since March 2001. Responsible government relations, corporate and interactive media. Director of Flextech Interactive, the for broadcast news operations and social responsibility and for the pay television company’s new media the provision of daily news and handling of programme complaints. division. Former positions include current affairs programming for all Previously Deputy Director, BBC Head of IT and New Media for UK-wide BBC television, radio and World Service. Former positions NBC’s European Channels. online services. Previously Deputy include Director of Strategy & Director, News. Former positions Corporate Affairs, BBC World

From left Back row: Glenwyn Benson, Rupert Gavin, Richard Sambrook, Ashley Highfield, Andy Duncan Front row: Stephen Dando, Carolyn Fairbairn, John Smith

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