Our governance structure

The Board

Chair: Samir Shah

The Board is responsible for ensuring we deliver our mission and public purposes. It does this by setting: the strategic direction for the BBC; the creative remit for the BBC’s editorial and creative output and services; the BBC’s budget; and a framework for assessing performance.

The Board must uphold and protect the independence of the BBC and make its decisions in the public interest. It is accountable for all of our activities, including the publicly funded services, and our commercial activities in the UK and around the world. See Introducing our Board for membership.

Nominations and Governance Committee

Chair: Samir Shah

The Nominations and Governance Committee is responsible for making appointments to the Board and its committees. It also considers and reviews the independence of Board members, including any conflicts of interest and ensures compliance with the Board Code of Practice. See Nominations and Governance Committee.

Remuneration and People Committee

Chair: Robbie Gibb 

The Remuneration and People Committee is responsible for reward and remuneration strategy across the BBC Group. It oversees the remuneration arrangements for executive members of the Board and members of the Executive Committee. It monitors and approves key reports on diversity and pay issues. See Remuneration report.

Editorial Standards Committee

Chair: Caroline Thomson

The ESC is responsible for developing and ensuring compliance with the BBC’s editorial guidelines. It ensures that the BBC complies with its complaints framework and with the Ofcom Broadcasting Code. It also assesses the performance of BBC output against the editorial guidelines, particularly in relation to due impartiality and accuracy. See Editorial Standards Committee report.

Note: Following a review led by the Senior Independent Director, on 11 March 2026 the Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee was closed and replaced by the Editorial Standards Committee, with a new Chair and expanded membership. See Editorial Standards Committee report.

Audit and Risk Committee

Chair: Chris Jones 

The Audit and Risk Committee is responsible for reviewing and maintaining oversight of the audit work of the NAO, financial reporting and the BBC’s internal control and risk management processes including those key risks facing the corporation. It oversees the work of the BBC’s Internal Audit function and monitors key projects and operational risks on behalf of the Board. See Audit and Risk Committee report.

Nations Committees

Chair: Nation members of the Board

The Committees for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are responsible for advising the Board on the BBC’s performance in each of those nations. They assess whether the BBC meets the needs of audiences in each nation and how it delivers the commitments set out in the Annual Plan. See Nations Committee reports.

Commercial Board

Chair: Damon Buffini

BBC Commercial Limited (the Commercial Board) oversees the delivery of the Corporation’s commercial ambitions. It reports to the BBC Board on the delivery of BBC Studios’ objectives, in line with the BBC’s overall commercial strategy and on BBC Studioworks. See Commercial Board report.

Director-General

Director-General, Matt Brittin

The Director-General is the Chief Executive Officer of the BBC and its Editor-in-Chief. He is the editorial, operational and creative leader of the BBC, with responsibility for the global workforce, providing services to audiences across television, radio and online.

Executive Committee

Chaired by the Director-General, Matt Brittin

The Executive Committee is responsible for the day-to-day management of the BBC. It is responsible for delivering the BBC’s services in accordance with the strategy agreed by the Board, and for all aspects of operational management. The Committee is the primary group for operational and creative alignment within the BBC and it reviews audience and output performance, as well as overseeing finance and operations.

Operations Committee

Chair: Leigh Tavaziva

The Operations Committee covers: delivery of key strategic pan-BBC projects; risk management, internal audit and assurance activities; pan-BBC policies on operational matters; and compliance with, regulatory and operational obligations.

Digital Leadership Group

Chair: Storm Fagan

The DLG reviews progress towards execution of pan-BBC Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and oversees co-ordination of activities related to digital maturity. It also oversees a product roadmap and digital-first working practices across the BBC, in support of the Value for All strategy.

Editorial Standards and Complaints Committee

Chair: David Jordan

The ESCC is the BBC’s senior executive editorial forum, discussing editorial standards issues facing the BBC and implementing appropriate responses. It oversees the revision of the Editorial Guidelines and commissions editorial guidance. It monitors and reviews the BBC’s editorial compliance systems and complaints processes and reports up to the Executive Committee.

Next Generation Committee

Co-Chairs: Hannah Ayane; Harry Robinson

The Next Generation Committee provides an advisory function for the Executive Committee, in particular to consider the challenges facing the BBC from the perspective of younger audiences. See Next Generation Committee.

Studios Executive Committee

Chair: Tom Fussell

The BBC Studios Executive Committee (SEC) is a committee of the Board of BBC Studios Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BBC Commercial Limited – which has oversight responsibility of the BBC Studios group. SEC has overall day-to-day authority and is the approval body of the BBC Studios group. SEC delivers the commercial outcomes as required, or delegated by, the BBC Commercial Board.