Appointing a BBC Trust Chair
2 Jun 2014 10:33 AM
The process for
appointing a new BBC Trust Chair began last week, Culture Secretary Sajid Javid
announced.
The position has been advertised publicly and interested individuals can now submit
applications.
Culture Secretary Sajid Javid
said:
The BBC is a great British
institution that entertains and educates while helping to showcase the best of
British around the world.
We need an exceptional
individual to lead the Trust to get the best out of the BBC for licence fee
payers.
Lord Patten resigned as Chair on
health grounds, and applications to be his successor must be submitted by 20
June.
A shortlist of candidates will
be interviewed over the summer and the Culture Secretary will meet all
appointable candidates. The Government will then select a preferred
candidate.
The preferred candidate will
appear before the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee for pre-appointment
scrutiny and the Government will then make its final decision.
The Chair will be paid
£110,000 a year for three to four days per week, the same as Lord Patten
received. The Chair will be appointed for a term of four
years.
The key priority facing the new
Chair will be reviewing the BBC Charter, which expires at the end of
2016.
The Government will not begin
Charter review in this parliament.
The appointment process will be
overseen by an independent Public Appointments Assessor, who will ensure the
appointment complies with theCode of Practice of the
Commissioner for Public Appointments.