Bill Matthews, Trustee for Scotland

"The BBC is a fascinating contrast: a large, organisation under huge public scrutiny that is required to be as creative as it possibly can. An important part of responding to this challenge is a genuine grounding of the BBC in audiences' views. In today’s challenging media environment, it is more important than ever that the BBC remains independent, retains its high editorial standards and continues to deliver distinctive, high quality programming."

About Bill

An engineer by training, after a few years in business in Scotland and the US, Bill moved from the sharp edge of technology into marketing and operations. After 20 years working for both large and small companies in Scotland, Bill decided to bring the benefits of his management expertise to the public sector through a portfolio of non-executive roles, building on his non-executive experience with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. He took on a number of roles for the Scottish Government, where his technical and business background provided a useful contrast to the prevailing public sector view of life.

Bill has always had an abiding interest in broadcasting, building on his childhood memories of the central role of the BBC in 1970s family life. A Broadcasting Council member when the current Charter period began, he was involved in the Audience Council for Scotland when the Trust came into being.