Robert Webb QC
Chairman
Appointed 1 October 2009
Robert Webb QC was appointed a Non-executive Director of the BBC
in January 2007 and Chairman of BBC Worldwide in October 2009. He
is also Chairman of BBC Commercial Holdings Ltd. He was called to
the Bar in 1971 and appointed QC in 1988. Robert was General
Counsel at British Airways from 1998 to 2009. He is Chairman of
Autonomy Corporation plc, and Sciemus Ltd and a Non-executive
Director of the London Stock Exchange plc, Hakluyt & Co Ltd and
Argent Group plc.
John Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed 18 March 2005
John Smith, CEO, joined BBC Worldwide in July 2004 and was
confirmed CEO in March 2005. Before this, John was the BBC's Chief
Operating Officer, and held other senior executive roles at the BBC
including Finance Director and Director of Finance, Property &
Business Affairs. Before joining the BBC, he held posts at BR
Engineering Ltd, Sealink, Seaspeed Hovercraft and other commercial
subsidiaries owned by the British Rail Group. John was a member of
the BBC's Executive Board from 1996 to 2009. He is a Non-executive
Director of Burberry plc, a Director of the Henley Festival and a
Vice President of the Royal Television Society.
Philip Vincent
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed 1 December 2010
Philip Vincent became acting Chief Financial Officer in June
2010 and was confirmed in the post on 1 December 2010. As CFO,
Philip is responsible for BBC Worldwide's financial strategy, in
particular the development of its five-year plan. Previously, he
held a number of positions in BBC Worldwide including Deputy CFO,
Group Finance Director (Broadcast & Digital) and Finance
Director (Channels). Philip joined the BBC in 1998, before which he
was Financial Controller at Bunzl Disposables Ltd. Philip qualified
as a Chartered Accountant at KPMG, working in both London and New
York.
Nicholas Eldred
Non-executive Director
31 January 2006
Nicholas Eldred is Group General Counsel and Secretary of the
BBC. He is also a Director of BBC Commercial. Holdings Ltd and
BBC Studios and Post Production Ltd. Nicholas joined the BBC in
August 2001 from O2 Ltd (previously BT Cellnet) where he had been
Director of Legal and Business Affairs and Company Secretary. He
had joined BT Cellnet from BT plc where he was head of the mergers
and acquisitions legal team. Previously he was a corporate lawyer
with city law firm Simmons & Simmons.
Charlotte Hogg
Non-executive Director
Appointed 24 September 2010
Charlotte Hogg is the UK and Ireland Managing Director at
Experian, the global information services company. In April 2011
she was appointed Head of Retail Distribution and Intermediaries at
Santander and will take up the position later this year. She was
previously an SVP of Discover Financial Services (formerly Morgan
Stanley). Charlotte brings extensive financial and international
growth management experience with her to BBC Worldwide. She is a
member of the Finance Committee of Oxford University Press, a
Trustee of the charity First Story and Governor of Nottingham Trent
University.
Zarin Patel
Non-executive Director
Appointed 31 January 2006
Zarin Patel joined the BBC in 1998 as Group Financial
Controller, becoming Chief Financial Officer in December 2004.
Before joining the BBC, Zarin trained as a chartered accountant
with KPMG, where she gained 15 years' experience working with
multinational corporations across the industrial and commercial
sectors. Zarin is also a Governor of the University of the Arts in
London and a Trustee of the BBC Pension Scheme.
Tim Weller
Non-executive Director
Appointed 26 April 2010
Tim Weller is Chief Financial Officer of Cable&Wireless
Worldwide plc and a member of its Board of Directors. He was Chief
Financial Officer for United Utilities plc from July 2006 and
played a key role in strategically realigning the group prior to
the £1.8bn sale of United Utilities Electricity. Tim's career began
at KPMG where he became Partner in the Infrastructure Audit and
Accounting Group in 1997 before joining the Granada Group plc where
he was Director of Financial Control. Tim has been a Non-executive
Director of the Carbon Trust since 2007.
Jane Earl
Company Secretary