the Board

Details of the Executive and Non-executive Directors that make up our Board can be found below. Click on the provided links to go to a biography for that person.

Click here for the formal roles and responsibilities of the Chairman and Chief Executive.


How the Board operates

The BBC Worldwide Board has established four committees:

The terms of reference for these committees can be found by clicking on their names above. An explanation of how the Board operates is contained within the Corporate Governance Report of the Annual Review.


NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Robert Webb John Smith

Robert Webb QC
Non-executive Chairman
View Robert's biography here >

John Smith
Chief Executive
View John's biography here >


NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Simon Clift Nicholas Eldred Sharon Baylay

Simon Clift
Non-executive Director
View Simon's biography here >

Nicholas Eldred
BBC Group General Counsel
BBC Non-executive Director
View Nicholas' biography here >

Sharon Baylay
BBC Director, Marketing, Communications & Audiences
BBC Non-executive Director
View Sharon's biography here >
Thomas Geitner Zarin Patel

Thomas Geitner
Non-executive Director
View Thomas' biography here >

Zarin Patel
BBC Chief Financial Officer
BBC Non-executive Director
View Zarin's biography here >