Peter Johnston, Director, BBC Northern Ireland

• Peter has overall editorial and managerial responsibility for BBC Northern Ireland and leads 650 staff.
• He leads this team to produce over 8,500 hours of local radio and television content each year and a range of online content.
• Peter is also responsible for a substantial and growing level of network content.
• Peter provides the vision and creative leadership necessary to deliver BBC Northern Ireland's portfolio of multiplatform programmes and services and is responsible for maximising public value through creativity, innovation and efficient use of resources.
• Peter is a member of the BBC Direction Group and the News Group Board.

Salary: £145,000
Total remuneration: £152,800

Last updated September 2011

Peter Johnston was appointed Controller (now Director) of BBC Northern Ireland in October, 2006.

He took up the appointment a month later, following the retirement of Anna Carragher who had held the post for six years.

Before that, he had been Head of Broadcasting for BBC Northern Ireland for three years.

His responsibilities in this post involved overall commissioning and scheduling of programmes and content for Northern Ireland audiences on BBC Television, BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Foyle and BBC Online.

As Head of Broadcast, Peter increased the range of local TV programmes produced for BBC One NI and BBC Two NI including doubling the number of single documentaries, increasing the range of music and comedy output and introducing a number of new presenters and formats.

Programmes commissioned during this time won nine Royal Television Society awards including both Nations and Regions categories at the awards for three years in a row.

Peter also led a series of schedule changes to Radio Ulster which won seven Sony Awards during this period.

Peter Johnston was born in 1966 and educated at Ballymena Academy and Imperial College London where he completed a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering and Management.

After leaving university in 1988 he took up a post in the marketing division of Shell International in London.

In 1991 he returned to Northern Ireland and joined Coopers and Lybrand as a management consultant.

He first developed his interests in the world of broadcasting and media management when he provided consultancy support for several of the local ITV franchise bids and an application for a Channel 5 television licence.

He left Coopers and Lybrand in 1994 and joined BBC Northern Ireland working first in audience research before becoming Head of Marketing and Development three years later.

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 Johnston's e-expenses Q3 2011-12 PDF (279KB) 
• Peter Johnston's central bookings Q3 2011-12 PDF (105KB)
• Peter Johnston's e-expenses Q2 2011-12 PDF (138KB)
• Peter Johnston's central bookings Q2 2011-12 PDF (152KB)
• Peter Johnston's e-expenses Q1 2011-12 PDF (306KB)
• Peter Johnston's central bookings Q1 2011-12 PDF (180KB)
• Peter Johnston's e-expenses Q4 2010-11 PDF (267KB)
• Peter Johnston's central bookings Q4 2010-11 PDF (168KB)
• Peter Johnston's e-expenses Q3 2010-11 PDF (352KB)
• Peter Johnston's central bookings Q3 2010-11 PDF (163KB)
• Peter Johnston's e-expenses Q2 2010-11 PDF (242KB)
• Peter Johnston's central bookings Q2 2010-11 PDF (96KB)
• Peter Johnston's e-expenses Q1 2010-11 PDF (180KB)
• Peter Johnston's central bookings Q1 2010-11 PDF (11KB)
• Peter Johnston's e-expenses Q4 2009-10 PDF (241KB)
• Peter Johnston's central bookings Q4 2009-10 PDF (141KB)
• Peter Johnston's e-expenses Q3 2009-10 PDF (366KB)
• Peter Johnston's central bookings Q3 2009-10 PDF (112KB)
• Peter Johnston's e-expenses Q2 2009-10 PDF (369KB)
• Peter Johnston's central bookings Q2 2009-10 PDF (177KB)
• Peter Johnston's e-expenses Q1 2009-10 PDF (250KB)
• Peter Johnston's central bookings Q1 2009-10 PDF (176KB)

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 Johnston's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q3 2011-12 PDF (39KB)
• Peter Johnston's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q2 2011-12 PDF (29KB)
• Peter Johnston's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q1 2011-12 PDF (28KB)
• Peter Johnston's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q4 2010-11 PDF (26KB)
• Peter Johnston's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q3 2010-11 PDF (32KB)
• Peter Johnston's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q2 2010-11 PDF (31KB)
• Peter Johnston's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q1 2010-11 PDF (44KB)
• Peter Johnston had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2009-10
• Peter Johnston had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2009-10
• Peter Johnston had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2009-10
• Peter Johnston 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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• Peter Johnston's Declaration of Personal Interests 2011 PDF (30KB)