BBC Direction Group (BDG) is responsible for managing pan-BBC issues delegated to it from the Executive Board and ensuring that the organisation meets its pan-BBC objectives. BDG meetings take place three times a month.

Below is a list of the senior posts within BDG. Click on each link to access the job description and other details.

• Director-General
  Mark Thompson
• Deputy Director-General
  Mark Byford

• Director, BBC People
  Lucy Adams
• Director, Marketing, Communications & Audiences
  Sharon Baylay
• Director, Vision
  Jana Bennett
• Director, Audio & Music
  Tim Davie
• Director, Future Media & Technology
  Erik Huggers
• Chief Financial Officer
  Zarin Patel
• Chief Operating Officer
  Caroline Thomson

• Director, BBC News
  Helen Boaden
• Head of Director-General's office
  Jessica Cecil
• Director of Archive Content
  Roly Keating
• Director, BBC Northern Ireland
  Peter Johnston
• Director, Editorial Policy and Standards
  David Jordan
• Director, Nations & Regions
  Pat Loughrey
• Director, BBC Scotland
  Ken MacQuarrie
• Director, BBC Wales
  Menna Richards
• Director, BBC North
  Peter Salmon
• Director, BBC Global News
  Richard Sambrook
• Director, Vision Operations/Director, Rights & Business Affairs, BBC
  Bal Samra
• Director of Policy & Strategy
  John Tate
• Director of Communications
  Ed Williams
• Creative Director
  Alan Yentob