Executive Board
- Simon Burke is a Non-executive Director of the Executive Board.
Salary and total remuneration
The salaries and total remuneration of the Executive Board are published as part of the BBC's Annual Report and Accounts 2010/11.
Total remuneration: £10,000*
Simon joined the Board on 1 January 2011
Register of interests
Executive Board members must make a declaration of their personal and business interests, including any memberships or directorships of public or industry bodies, and any shareholdings, as well as any interests that their immediate families may also have. This information is published annually.
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Simon Burke's Register of Interests 2009/10 PDF (11KB)
Biography
Last updated May 2011
Simon Burke is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified in Dublin in 1980 before moving to Coopers & Lybrand in London where he specialised in investigation and corporate recovery work.
In 1987 he joined Virgin where he held various positions, starting as Corporate Finance Manager and finally becoming Chief Executive of Virgin Entertainment Group, £1bn worldwide retail and cinema business.
In 1999 Simon was drafted in as Chairman & Chief Executive of Hamleys PLC, which he turned around and sold at a hefty premium in 2003. Following a period working on a number of private equity projects he became Chairman of Superquinn, the Irish supermarket chain, following its buyout by an investor group in 2005.
In October 2010 he was appointed as chairman of HobbyCraft, the specialist retailer. Simon is a Trustee of the National Gallery in London and a director of Mitchells and Butlers PLC, the UK's largest managed pub and restaurant operator.
