Mark Thompson
Chairman
Appointed: 12 March 2012
Mark Thompson, in his capacity as BBC Director-General, took
over the role of BBC Worldwide Chairman in March 2012. As
Director-General of the BBC since May 2004, Mark is responsible for
the Corporation's services across television, radio and online and
for a global workforce of 20,000 that provides over 400,000 hours
of content each year. Mark was Chief Executive of Channel 4 from
2002 to 2004 and before that had worked for the BBC since joining
in 1979 as a production trainee, in roles including Editor of the
Nine O'Clock News and Panorama, Controller of BBC Two, Director of
National and Regional Broadcasting and Director of Television.
John Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed: 18 March 2005
John Smith joined BBC Worldwide in July 2004. Before this, John
was the BBC's Chief Operating Officer, and held other senior
executive roles at the BBC, including Group Finance Director. John
is also a Director of Burberry plc, Chairman of UKTV, a Vice
President of the Royal Television Society, and a Director of the
Henley Festival. Before joining the BBC, he held senior posts at BR
Engineering Ltd, Sealink, Seaspeed Hovercraft and other
commercial subsidiaries owned by the British Rail Group. He has
served as a non-executive Director at Vickers Plc and Severn Trent
Plc and was a member of the Accounting Standards Board.
Philip Vincent
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed: 1 December 2010
Philip Vincent was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in
December 2010. He has 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, practising in both London and New York.
Charlotte Hogg
Non-executive Director
Appointed: 24 September 2010
Charlotte Hogg is Head of Retail Distribution and Intermediaries
at Santander UK plc. She was previously Managing Director of UK and
Ireland at Experian, an information services business. Prior to
that she was a Senior Vice President of Discover Financial Services
(formerly Morgan Stanley). Charlotte brings extensive financial and
international growth management experience to BBC Worldwide. She is
a member of the Finance Committee of Oxford University Press, a
Trustee of the charity First Story and a Governor of Nottingham
Trent University.
Tim Weller
Non-executive Director
Appointed: 26 April 2010
Tim Weller is Chief Financial Officer of Petrofac Limited, the
FTSE 100 oilfield service provider. He joined Petrofac in September
2011 having previously been Chief Financial Officer of
Cable&Wireless Worldwide plc. Prior to that he was Chief
Financial Officer of United Utilities plc from July 2006 to May
2010 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.
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 of 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.