John Linwood, Chief Technology Officer

• John is responsible for the technology and systems (hardware, software and services) that deliver the BBC's broadcast services, keeping the BBC live and on air 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
• He is also responsible for all of the BBC's IT technology and services including business applications, desktop, information security, technology infrastructure and software projects.
• John is responsible for the overall BBC technology strategy defining the BBC's technology direction and working with suppliers to provide insight into the BBC's future requirements for technology and services.
• John's group is also responsible for the BBC's rich archive, one of the largest multimedia archives in the world.
• John is a member of the Future Media & Technology Group Board.

Salary (February 2012): £280,000
Total remuneration (February 2011-January 2012): £287,800

Last updated June 2009

John Linwood is the Chief Technology Officer for the BBC, and he sits within the Technology division.

He took up the role in April 2009, and is responsible for delivering the BBC's technology strategy, in a role which encompasses the delivery and management of the broadcast and enterprise technology infrastructure behind all BBC output and overseeing the Corporation's IT requirements.

John joined the BBC from Yahoo!, where he was Senior Vice President of International Engineering, overseeing a staff of 1,600 located across 22 countries, with responsibility for the development, deployment and delivery of all the company's services outside the US.

This included the development of some of Yahoo!'s most successful consumer products including social networking, social media and user-generated content through to more traditional web properties such as media, ecommerce and search.

Prior to Yahoo!, John spent 11 years at Microsoft beginning as an Architectural Consultant in 1993 then progressing to occupy a variety of senior positions within its MSN business.

His final post at Microsoft saw John managing all of MSN's international engineering, driving its global quality of service initiatives and formulating its international hosting strategy as well as international product development.

Before he joined Microsoft John held senior roles in several UK and US-based organisations including the Dodge Group (CTO), Omega Software (CEO) and Mega Ltd where he was the Technical Director.

Previous employment was in his native Zimbabwe where John began as a software developer and systems analyst.

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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• John Linwood's e-expenses Q3 2011-12 PDF (52KB)
• John Linwood's central bookings Q3 2011-12 PDF (95KB)
• John Linwood had e-expenses paid in Q2 2011-12
• John Linwood's central bookings Q2 2011-12 PDF (42KB)
• John Linwood had no e-expenses paid in Q1 2011-12
• John Linwood's central bookings Q1 2011-12 PDF (14KB)
• John Linwood had no e-expenses paid in Q4 2010-11
• John Linwood's central bookings Q4 2010-11 PDF (51KB)
• John Linwood had no e-expenses paid in Q3 2010-11
• John Linwood's central bookings Q3 2010-11 PDF (27KB)
• John Linwood had no e-expenses paid in Q2 2010-11
• John Linwood's central bookings Q2 2010-11 PDF (43KB)
• John Linwood had no e-expenses paid in Q1 2010-11
• John Linwood's central bookings Q1 2010-11 PDF (26KB)
• John Linwood had no e-expenses paid in Q4 2009-10
• John Linwood's central bookings Q4 2009-10 PDF (30KB)
• John Linwood had no e-expenses paid in Q3 2009-10
• John Linwood's central bookings Q3 2009-10 PDF (49KB)
• John Linwood had no e-expenses paid in Q2 2009-10
• John Linwood's central bookings Q2 2009-10 PDF (55KB)
• John Linwood had no e-expenses paid in Q1 2009-10
• John Linwood's central bookings Q1 2009-10 PDF (37KB)

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