BBC Trustees

Trustees are part-time and come from a variety of backgrounds, bringing a wide range of experience to the BBC. Trustees are appointed by the Queen on advice from ministers, following an open appointments procedure. Amongst the Trustees we have a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, and a National Trustee for each of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

  • Lord Patten of Barnes CH
  • Diane Coyle
  • Richard Ayre
  • Anthony Fry
  • Alison Hastings
  • Rotha Johnston
  • David Liddiment
  • Bill Matthews
  • Mehmuda Mian
  • Elan Closs Stephens
  • Suzanna Taverne
  • Lord Williams of Baglan
Lord Patten of Barnes CH, Chairman
Chairman as of 1 May 2011.
Other roles: Chancellor, University of Oxford; Co-Chair, UK India Round Table; Non-executive director, Russell Reynolds Associates; International Advisory Board member, BP; Stakeholder Advisory Panel member, EDF.
Diane Coyle OBE, Vice Chairman
Chairs Strategy and Approvals Committee. Lead Trustee on commercial issues and Annual Report and Accounts.
Other roles: Director, Enlightenment Economics; Member, Migration Advisory Committee; Stakeholder Advisory Panel member, EDF.
Richard Ayre
Chairs Complaints and Appeals Board. Lead Trustee on transparency issues and complaints framework.
Other roles: Freedom of Information Adjudicator, The Law Society.
Anthony Fry
Chairs Trust Finance Committee. Lead Trustee for fair trading and value-for-money reviews.
Other roles: Chairman, Espírito Santo UK, Dairy Crest, and CALA; Non-executive director, Control Risks, Twig Rights Ltd.
Alison Hastings
Trustee for England (chairs Audience Council England); chairs Editorial Standards Committee. Led Trust's review of BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC 5 Live Sports Extra.
Other roles: Vice President, British Board of Film Classification; Retained consultant and trainer, Press Complaints Commission; Retained consultant, Camelot.
Rotha Johnston CBE
Trustee for Northern Ireland (chairs Audience Council Northern Ireland); lead Trustee on property issues.
Other roles: Partner, Johnston Partnership; Non-executive director, AIB (UK) plc; Pro-Chancellor, Queen's University, Belfast.
David Liddiment
Chairs Audiences and Performance Committee. Led Trust's review of the BBC News Channel and BBC Parliament.
Other roles: Non-executive director, All3Media; Associate, Old Vic Theatre Company; Chair, Hepworth Wakefield Gallery.
Bill Matthews
Trustee for Scotland (chairs Audience Council Scotland).
Other roles: Director, M2M2 Limited; Chairman, NHS National Services Scotland; Non-executive director, Security Industry Authority; Chairman, Crimestoppers Scotland.
Mehmuda Mian
Chaired the General Appeals Panel. Lead Trustee for equality and diversity issues. Led Trust's review of BBC Local Radio and the BBC Asian Network.
Other roles: Non-executive director, Independent Safeguarding Authority; Associate director, Lokahi Foundation.
Elan Closs Stephens CBE
Trustee for Wales (chairs Audience Council Wales).
Other roles: Professor, Aberystwyth University; Non-executive director and chair, Corporate Governance, Welsh Assembly Government; Non-executive director, IMAX Waterloo for BFI.
Suzanna Taverne
Trustee as of 1 January 2012.
Other roles: Non-executive director, Nationwide, Ford Credit Europe; Trustee, Consumer Credit Counselling Service, Shakespeare Schools Festival; Advisory board member, Manchester Business School.
Lord Williams of Baglan
Trustee as of 1 December 2011.
Chairs International Services Committee.
Other roles: Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Chatham House; Member of the international advisory board, Toledo CITPAX, Toledo International Centre for Peace.

This reflects the membership of the Trust at 21 June 2012. There were no vacancies at this time.

Trustee changes during the year

Sir Michael Lyons's term as Chairman ended on 30 April 2011. Dame Patricia Hodgson stood down as a Trustee on 6 June 2011.
Lord Patten's term as Chairman began on 1 May 2011. Diane Coyle's term as Vice Chairman began on 1 May 2011.
Lord Williams' term as Trustee began on 1 December 2011. Suzanna Taverne's term as Trustee began on 1 January 2012.

BBC Trustees
Lord Patten of Barnes CH, Chairman
Diane Coyle OBE, Vice Chairman
Richard Ayre
Anthony Fry
Alison Hastings
Rotha Johnston CBE
David Liddiment
Bill Matthews
Mehmuda Mian
Elan Closs Stephens CBE
Suzanna Taverne
Lord Williams of Baglan

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