Peter Horrocks, Director, Global News

• Peter has overall editorial and managerial responsibility for Global News.
• This includes the BBC World Service, BBC World News Television Channel, the BBC's international facing online news services in English, BBC Monitoring Service and the BBC World Service Trust (the BBC's international development charity).
• Peter leads more than 2,500 journalists and support staff based in 113 countries delivering over 83,000 hours of content each year, reaching a global audience of 238m each week.
• He is responsible for the safe deployment of those staff around the world.
• Peter is a member of the News Group Board.

Salary: £235,000
Total remuneration: £242,800

Last updated January 2011

Peter Horrocks is Director of the BBC's Global News division, responsible for leading the BBC's international news services across radio, television and new media.

He is a member of the BBC's Direction Group and the BBC's Journalism Board.

The division brings together BBC World Service, the BBC World News television channel, the BBC's international facing-online news services, BBC Monitoring, and BBC World Service Trust – the BBC's international development charity.

The aim of the division is to create a clear, co-ordinated presence in international media, improving the impact of BBC journalism with global audiences.

BBC Global News delivers programmes and services in 32 languages on television, radio and new media to a global audience of at least 238 million every week.

Before taking up his current role in March 2010, he was previously Director of BBC World Service responsible for its overall editorial leadership and management.

He has worked for the BBC since 1981. He has held senior management and editorial posts in television, radio and online, all with a strong emphasis on the BBC's journalism.

Peter Horrocks had previously been Head of TV News from September 2005 until BBC News went multimedia in November 2007. At that time he became Head of the BBC's Multimedia Newsroom; he had also been the BBC's Head of Current Affairs.

Peter joined the BBC in October 1981 as a news trainee. He went on to work for Newsnight as an assistant producer and then producer.

After working as a senior producer, intake editor and output editor on Breakfast Time (now Breakfast), he became deputy editor of Panorama in 1988.

In 1992, Peter edited the BBC's television election night results programme. He also edited BBC TV's coverage of the Budget, by-elections and local elections. Peter edited the 1994 European Election results programme and the General Election results programme in May 1997.

In May 1992, Peter was appointed editor of BBC Two's social affairs programme, Public Eye, a position he held until January 1994 when he launched Here And Now, the BBC's popular current affairs magazine programme.

Peter became Editor of Newsnight in April 1994 and left to take up the position of Editor, Panorama in December 1997.

He was appointed Head of Current Affairs in June 2000. Since then he has been executive producer of Brits, True Spies, Smallpox 2002, The Day Britain Stopped, Dirty War and The Power Of Nightmares.

Expenses are costs incurred by BBC staff on behalf of the BBC and claimed through the BBC's expenses system (e-expenses). Central bookings are costs incurred on behalf of the BBC and booked through the BBC's central bookings system. Both expenses and central bookings are published every three months.

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• Peter Horrocks had no e-expenses in Q2 2011-12
• Peter Horrocks's central bookings Q2 2011-12 PDF (56KB)
• Peter Horrocks's e-expenses Q1 2011-12 PDF (30KB)
• Peter Horrocks's central bookings Q1 2011-12 PDF (47KB)
• Peter Horrocks's e-expenses Q4 2010-11 PDF (90KB)
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• Peter Horrocks's e-expenses Q3 2010-11 PDF (35KB)
• Peter Horrocks's central bookings Q3 2010-11 PDF (127B)
• Peter Horrocks's e-expenses Q2 2010-11 PDF (96KB)
• Peter Horrocks's central bookings Q2 2010-11 PDF (51KB)
• Peter Horrocks's e-expenses Q1 2010-11 PDF (20KB)
• Peter Horrocks's central bookings Q1 2010-11 PDF (53KB)
• Peter Horrocks's e-expenses Q4 2009-10 PDF (58KB)
• Peter Horrocks's central bookings Q4 2009-10 PDF (62KB)
• Peter Horrocks had no e-expenses paid in Q3 2009-10
• Peter Horrocks's central bookings Q3 2009-10 PDF (43KB)
• Peter Horrocks's e-expenses Q2 2009-10 PDF (39KB)
• Peter Horrocks's central bookings Q2 2009-10 PDF (79KB)
• Peter Horrocks's e-expenses Q1 2009-10 PDF (42KB)
• Peter Horrocks's central bookings Q1 2009-10 PDF (31KB)

Gifts and hospitality may only be accepted in line with BBC policy. Information about gifts and hospitality is published every three months.

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• Peter Horrocks had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2011-12
• Peter Horrocks had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2011-12
• Peter Horrocks had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2011-12
• Peter Horrocks had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2010-11
• Peter Horrocks had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2010-11
• Peter Horrocks had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2010-11
• Peter Horrocks had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2010-11
• Peter Horrocks had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2009-10
• Peter Horrocks had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2009-10
• Peter Horrocks had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2009-10
• Peter Horrocks had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2009-10

Staff 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.

A summary is published where there is something to declare and where there is nothing to declare. Occasionally an individual will have something to declare but due to the personal nature of the declaration we do not publish details as to do so would breach the Data Protection Act.

This information is published annually, although if any amendments are made during the year an updated summary will be published if necessary as soon as it is available.

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