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BBC Appoints Rhodri Talfan Davies Interim Director-General Starting April 3

The Board says the search for a permanent director-general is well underway.

Overview

  • Davies will join the BBC board as an executive director on Feb. 1 and take the interim role on April 3.
  • Tim Davie leaves in early April after resigning in November over the Panorama editing controversy.
  • Rhuanedd Richards will serve as interim Director of Nations while Davies acts as interim chief.
  • The BBC says appointing a permanent Director-General is the Board’s top priority with the process already in motion.
  • The corporation continues to contest President Trump’s multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit and to prepare its response to the government’s BBC Charter Green Paper.