Last updated January 2007
David Robbie was appointed a non-executive director of the BBC's new Executive Board from 1 January 2007.
His role will involve chairing the Board's Audit Committee.
David Robbie was educated at St Andrews and began his career at KPMG as a manager in London and New York.
He was Head of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations then Vice-President, Finance at Invensys plc before becoming Group Finance Director at CMG plc (now Logica CMG plc).
David Robbie then became Chief Financial Officer at Royal P&O Nedlloyd N.V. in 2004 before joining Rexam plc as Group Finance Director in 2005.
He is currently a trustee of the Almeida Theatre.