BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09
THE BBC TRUSTEES
The BBC Trust, as the governing body of the BBC, is quite separate from the Executive which manages the BBC's day-to-day operations.
Our job is to represent licence fee payers and make sure the Executive delivers the high-quality programmes and services our public wants, while ensuring that the BBC is accountable and open. We also protect the independence of the BBC from commercial or political influence.
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Sir Michael Lyons
ChairmanOther roles: Chairman, English Cities Fund; non-executive director, Mouchel plc, Wragge & Co, and SQW Ltd; governor, Royal Shakespeare Company
Chitra Bharucha MBE
Vice ChairmanChairs Remuneration and Appointments Committee and Audience Councils Committee. Led review of complaints process (see Serving all audiences).
Other roles: Trustee, Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Diane Coyle OBE
Chairs Trust’s Strategic Approvals Committee. Led public value test on proposed local video service (see Upholding licence fee payers' interests).
Other roles: Economist; member, Competition Commission; member, Centre for Economic Policy Research; visiting professor, University of Manchester, Institute of Political and Economic Governance.
Anthony Fry
Joined Trust on 1 November 2008
Other roles: Senior managing director, Evercore Partners; non-executive director, Control Risks and Dairy Crest; executive board member, Edinburgh International Television Festival; board member, English National Opera.
Alison Hastings
Trustee for England (chairs Audience Council England). Led review of services for younger audiences (see How the purposes are being delivered).
Other roles: Media consultant; vice president, British Board of Film Classification.
Dame Patricia Hodgson DBE
Led review of BBC’s online services (see Service performance).
Other roles: Principal, Newnham College, Cambridge; non-executive director, Competition Commission; member, Higher Education Funding Council for England.
Rotha Johnston CBE
Trustee for Northern Ireland (chairs Audience Council, Northern Ireland); chairs Finance and Compliance Committee. Led review of Window of Creative Competition (see Upholding licence fee payers' interests).
Other roles: Non-executive director, Allied Irish Bank (UK ) plc and Northern Ireland Office; deputy chairman, Invest Northern Ireland; pro-chancellor, Queen’s University, Belfast.
Janet Lewis-Jones
Trustee for Wales (chairs Audience Council Wales). Led review of TV licensing collection methods (see Stewardship of the licence fee).
Other roles: Chair, membership selection panel, Glas Cymru Cyf (Welsh Water); trustee, Baring Foundation and Maytree Charity.
David Liddiment
Chairman, Audiences and Performance Committee. Led work on distinctiveness (see How the purposes are being delivered).
Other roles: Non-executive director, All3Media; associate, Old Vic Theatre Company.
Mehmuda Mian
Led review of children’s services (see How the purposes are being delivered).
Other roles: Board member, Independent Safeguarding Authority; Associate Director, Lokahi Foundation.
Jeremy Peat
Trustee for Scotland (chairs Audience Council Scotland). Led value for money studies (see Stewardship of the licence fee).
Other roles: Chairman, BB C Pension Trust Board; director, David Hume Institute; member, Competition Commission.
Richard Tait CBE
Chairman, Editorial Standards Committee. Leads the Trust’s work on editorial standards and compliance (see Securing editorial standards).
Other roles: Professor of Journalism and director, Centre for Journalism Studies, Cardiff University; vice president, International News Safety Institute.
Dermot Gleeson was a member of the BBC Trust during 2008/09. His term of office finished on 31 October 2008.
For more information on the Trustees, their former careers and experience, please see our website.
This section of our report sets out how our governance activities serve the public, under the headings:
- delivering value for money
- the BBC and the wider economy
- securing editorial standards
- serving all audiences
Inside the Trust sets out the Trust’s own corporate governance processes while Part Two of this Annual Report provides more information on the Executive’s position on corporate governance.
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