John Tate, Director of Policy & Strategy

• John and his team's policy work supports the Corporation's main regulatory relationships, including with the BBC Trust, Ofcom, the Government and the European Commission and Parliament. 
• His team's strategy work generates insight and analysis on the entire range of BBC activity for use centrally and within the BBC divisions. 
• John is Executive chair of the BBC's wholly owned subsidiary Studios & Post Production Ltd and is on the board of BBC Comercial Holdings.
• John also oversees the strategy and policy of Global News including the World Service and the BBC’s commercial subsidiary BBC World News.
• He is also responsible for overall BBC performance monitoring and objectives setting. Among his team's high-profile projects is the current BBC-wide Strategy Review. 
• John sits on the BBC Direction Group and the Operations Board.
• He also has responsibility for the BBC Group Project Management Office and the BBC’s Environment function.
  
  

Salary: £180,000
Salary (for non PSB commercial responsibilities): £80,000*
Total remuneration: £267,800* 

*John Tate receives additional remuneration of £80,000 in recognition of his additional commercial responsibilities, including the Executive Chairmanship of  the BBC's wholly owned subsidiary Studios & Post Production Ltd.  

With effect from his appointment to the CHB Board on 1 September 2011 this amount will be paid for by the BBC Commercial Holdings.

John Tate is the BBC's Director of Policy & Strategy and Chairman of the BBC's Studios and Post Production business.

His team's policy work supports the Corporation's main regulatory relationships including with the BBC Trust and Ofcom, while its strategy work generates analysis and insight on the entire range of BBC activities for use centrally and within the BBC divisions.

John oversees the strategy and policy of Global News including the World Service and the BBC’s commercial subsidiary BBC World News. He sits on the board of BBC Commercial Holdings.

He has responsibility for the BBC Group Project Management Office, the BBC's Audience Measurement function ‬and its associated contracts, and the BBC's environment function.

BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) is the largest studios and post facilities provider in the UK, offering world-class creative and technical production solutions to the media industry.

Before joining the BBC, John was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and subsequently PA Consulting Group, where he specialised in strategy development and implementation.

Between PA and McKinsey, John worked in, and went on to run, the Opposition Policy Unit, working with the Shadow Cabinet and writing various published reports.

John took a first class degree from Essex University and an MPhil from The Queen's College, Oxford.

Last updated January 2012



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