Peter Salmon, Director, BBC North

• Peter is Director, BBC North. He is leading the development of Europe's most advanced broadcasting centre and the largest move of staff and departments out of London in the BBC's history. On completion the centre at Salford Quays will house 2,300 staff and a number of BBC departments – including BBC Sport, BBC Children's and Radio 5 Live for which Peter has direct responsibility.
• Peter plays a lead role in the development of network production in the north of England, working with colleagues in the BBC's Vision, Audio and Music and Future Media departments and with partners in the independent production community.
• He supports BBC Learning and Outreach teams in the north and works closely with BBC Journalism in the broadcasting and production of regional services for audiences in the north of England.
• Peter reports directly to the Director-General and is a member of the BBC Direction Group; he chairs BBC North Board, the BBC North Leadership Team and the BBC One North Group. 
• Peter is also a member of the Skillset Board, the Manchester International Festival Board and the Sport Relief Steering Group.

Salary: £344,000
Total remuneration: £361,000

Note: the total salary is taken from the BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2010/11. The total remuneration figure is also as per annual report and accounts but reflects the removal of Peter's pensions supplement from 1 April 2011.  Peter stepped down from the Executive Board on 31 March 2011.

Last updated July 2011

After working as a volunteer teacher, press officer and newspaper reporter Peter Salmon joined the BBC as a General Trainee in 1981 and worked on Blue Peter, Newsnight and BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat.

He produced Crimewatch UK, was responsible for more than 40 environmental programmes for Bristol's Natural History Unit; was co-creator of Sport Relief, which has so far raised £100m for good causes, and exec-produced Oscar-winning animation The Wrong Trousers.

He left the BBC in the early Nineties, firstly to become Controller of Factual Programmes for Channel 4, winning a record number of Baftas, RTS Awards, International Emmies and two consecutive Prix Italias.

Three years later he moved to Manchester to become Director of Programmes at Granada, overseeing World In Action, Hillsborough and Coronation Street, among others.

In 1997, he returned to the corporation as Controller of BBC One, commissioning projects as diverse as Clocking Off, Warriors, Dinner Ladies, Castaway 2000 and Waking The Dead, before becoming Director of Sport in 2000, where he pioneered interactive television and the development of BBC Sport Online as well as resigning Match Of The Day and overseeing The Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002.

Peter left the BBC to run major independent production company The Television Corporation.

In October 2006, he rejoined as Chief Creative Officer of BBC Vision Productions, overseeing the largest content creator in the world with 3,000 in-house staff responsible for the likes of Strictly Come Dancing, Top Gear, The Thick Of It, Dragons' Den, EastEnders and The One Show.

Peter was appointed Director, BBC North, at the end of 2008.

He leads key departments including Children's, Sport and BBC Radio 5 Live which are currently in the process of moving into their new base at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays. Staff started to relocate to the site – one of the world's most advanced broadcasting centres – in May. All departments will be fully settled in by spring next year.

The BBC's second largest production centre, BBC North aims to build stronger relationships with audiences across the UK.

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 Salmon had no e-expenses paid in Q3 2011-12
• Peter Salmon's central bookings Q3 2011-12 PDF (119KB)
• Peter Salmon had no e-expenses paid in Q2 2011-12
• Peter Salmon's central bookings Q2 2011-12 PDF (178KB)
• Peter Salmon had no e-expenses paid in Q1 2011-12
• Peter Salmon's central bookings Q1 2011-12 PDF (297KB)
• Peter Salmon had no e-expenses paid in Q4 2010-11
• Peter Salmon's central bookings Q4 2010-11 PDF (255KB)
• Peter Salmon had no e-expenses paid in Q3 2010-11
• Peter Salmon's central bookings Q3 2010-11 PDF (296KB)
• Peter Salmon had no e-expenses paid in Q2 2010-11
• Peter Salmon's central bookings Q2 2010-11 PDF (294KB)
• Peter Salmon had no e-expenses paid in Q1 2010-11
• Peter Salmon's central bookings Q1 2010-11 PDF (184KB)
• Peter Salmon had no e-expenses paid in Q4 2009-10
• Peter Salmon's central bookings Q4 2009-10 PDF (208KB)
• Peter Salmon had no e-expenses paid in Q3 2009-10
• Peter Salmon's central bookings Q3 2009-10 PDF (171KB)
• Peter Salmon's e-expenses Q2 2009-10 PDF (106KB)
• Peter Salmon's central bookings Q2 2009-10 PDF (276KB)
• Peter Salmon's e-expenses Q1 2009-10 PDF (183KB)
• Peter Salmon's central bookings Q1 2009-10 PDF (135KB)

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 Salmon's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q3 2011-12 PDF (28KB)
• Peter Salmon had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2011-12
• Peter Salmon had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2011-12
• Peter Salmon had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2010-11
• Peter Salmon had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2010-11
• Peter Salmon had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2010-11
• Peter Salmon had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2010-11
• Peter Salmon's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q4 2009-10 PDF (30KB)
• Peter Salmon had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2009-10
• Peter Salmon's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q2 2009-10 PDF (27KB)
• Peter Salmon's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q1 2009-10 PDF (33KB)

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.

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 Salmon's Declaration of Personal Interests 2011 PDF (31KB)