Appendix A Impartiality Steering Group Membership

Helen Boaden, Director BBC News Formerly Controller Radio 4 and BBC 7. She was also Head of Current Affairs and before that of Business Programmes. She was also an award winning reporter as well as Editor, File on Four.

Sir Andrew Burns, BBC Governor until December 2006 A former British High Commissioner to Canada, he has held a number of positions during his career with HM Diplomatic Service, including that of British Ambassador to Israel. He is also Chairman of the Council of Royal Holloway, University of London.

Mark Byford, Deputy Director General, BBC As Chair of the BBC's Journalism Board, he has overall responsibility for the BBC’s Journalism across radio, television and new media at local, UK-wide and international levels. Formerly Director, BBC World Service & Global News and Director, Regional Broadcasting.

Baroness Ruth Deech, BBC Governor until October 2006 Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education. Formerly Principal of St Anne’s College, Oxford and formerly Chairman of the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. She was appointed a life peer in 2005 (cross-bencher)

Khilan Dodhia (Steering Group member to November 2006), Director, Barclays Ventures Private equity and Management Buy-Out specialist. He ran his own business before joining Barclays Ventures.

Kat Fletcher, Project Manager, Centre for Excellence in Leadership Former President, National Union of Students. She has been a regular contributor on both TV and Radio.

Dermot Gleeson, BBC Trustee Chairman of the M J Gleeson Group plc. Formerly Chairman of Major Contractors Group and a director of the Housing Corporation. He is a former Head of the home affairs section of the Conservative Research Department.

David Grant, Music producer and vocal coach Has 25 years’ experience of the music business, although he started as a trainee journalist. Contributor and presenter on a range of TV and radio programmes.

Joe Hall, Campaign Communications Manager for Save the Children He was one of four young people advising the Puttnam Commission: Parliament in the Public Eye, and co-founded the Democracy Coalition for Children and Young People. He was previously website editor at the Tate, and helped start up the Filmstock film festival.

Richard Tait, BBC Trustee (Chairman of the Steering Group) Professor of Journalism and Director of the Centre for Journalism Studies, Cardiff University. Formerly Editor-in-Chief of ITN. Has also been Editor of Channel 4 News, and The Money Programme. Fellow of the International Press Institute, the Society of Editors and the .

Sarah Thane, Independent Consultant on Broadcasting Regulation Also a Commissioner of the National Lottery Commission, and a non-executive director of the independent production company, Films of Record. Formerly Adviser, Content and Standards at Ofcom, and Director of Programmes and Advertising of the ITC.

Alan Yentob, Creative Director, BBC Chair of BBC Films, Chair of Creative Training Board and presenter of BBC One’s arts series Imagine. Formerly Director of Drama, Entertainment and Children’s; Director of Television; Director of Programmes; Controller BBC One and Controller BBC Two and Head of Music and Arts. Founding Editor of Arena.