Pay disclosures

Report from the BBC Remuneration Committee of people paid more than £178,000 from licence fee revenue in the financial year.

The BBC is required to publish in the Annual Report and Accounts a list of those individuals, both on-air and off-air, who received more than £178,000 from licence fee revenue in the year. The Charter requires us to publish amounts paid during the year for these individuals, set out in bands.

The Charter does not specify the basis of this disclosure. We report on a cash basis, reflecting payments made in the year regarding 2025/26 and applying our policy to support year‑on‑year comparability. This is consistent with prior years. We also publish additional detail on the programme commitments for individuals appearing on-air. More detail is available in our Terms of Employment policy.

The threshold for disclosure was revised, under the terms of the BBC’s Royal Charter, from £150,000 to £178,000 in 2022/23, to recognise the impact of pay inflation over time. Meanwhile, we continue to operate in markets where competition for talent and pay inflation rates overall pose significant challenges.

In the off-air pay disclosures, the percentage of women disclosed has marginally decreased to 48% since last year, with on-air disclosures seeing the proportion of women disclosed stay the same at 43% compared to the previous year. On-air disclosure numbers fluctuate from year to year due to a number of factors such as joiners, leavers, the amount of Sport content in a year, and changes in Radio and News scheduling.

On-air pay tables

Individuals on this list are shown by category: News, Radio, Sport and presenters who work regularly across multiple parts of the BBC, including Television. These figures include payments from licence fee revenue during the year ending 31 March 2026, and therefore exclude amounts incurred by or on behalf of our commercial subsidiaries. Payments made by independent producers, royalties, repeat fees, contractual and other recoverables and expenses are also excluded.

Programme commitments reflect the main contractual commitments for the pay received in the year and have generally been stated to the nearest ten programmes. These have been consistently disclosed for each principal programme or genre. Single episodes have been excluded, unless this represents a significant part of an individual’s work. Programme commitments may be subject to change during the year, for example to reflect programming changes or an individual’s availability.

News and Current Affairs

Principal programme	Name	Programme commitments	Pay
Today	Justin Webb	c. 140 presentation days; Americast	£375,000 - £379,999
Today	Nick Robinson	c. 140 presentation days; Political Thinking; The Today Podcast	£330,000 - £334,999
Today	Amol Rajan	c. 100 Today presentation days; Amol Rajan Interviews; The Today Podcast and Radical	£320,000 - £324,999
Today	Anna Foster	c. 140 presentation Days; BBC One & BBC News Channel Presentation	£315,000 - £319,999
Today	Emma Barnett	c. 105 Today presentation days; multi-platform interviews; documentaries; newsletter	£305,000 - £309,999
World at One	Sarah Montague	c. 180 programmes	£255,000 - £259,999
PM	Evan Davis	c. 200 programmes; The Bottom Line on BBC Radio 4	£305,000 - £309,999
BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten	Sophie Raworth	c. 180 presentation days for BBC One	£340,000 - £344,999
BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten	Reeta Chakrabarti	c. 180 presentation days for BBC One	£325,000 - £329,999
BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten	Clive Myrie	c. 180 presentation days for BBC One	£320,000 - £324,999
BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten	Jane Hill	c. 100 presentation days for BBC One; c. 35 presentation days The World Tonight/Newshour on BBC Radio 4	£195,000 - £199,999
Question Time	Fiona Bruce	c. 33 episodes of Question Time; presentation days for BBC One	£345,000 - £349,999
Newsnight	Victoria Derbyshire	c. 110 presentation days; Ukrainecast	£270,000 - £274,999
BBC Breakfast	Jon Kay	c. 180 presentation days; Saturday Live; Any Answers; Pick of the Week on BBC Radio 4; Last Word on BBC Radio 4	£225,000 - £229,999
BBC Breakfast	Sally Nugent	c. 180 presentation days	£200,000 - £204,999
BBC Breakfast	Charlie Stayt	c. 180 presentation days	£190,000 - £194,999
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg	Laura Kuenssberg	c. 40 Sunday programmes; Weekend Newscast; Weekly Subscriber newsletter; Weekly website column; Elections	£405,000 - £409,999
BBC News Channel	Ben Brown	c. 180 BBC News Channel presentation and BBC News at One	£210,000 - £214,999
BBC News Channel	Matthew Amroliwala	c. 180 presentation days	£210,000 - £214,999
BBC News Channel	Lucy Hockings	c. 180 presentation days	£205,000 - £209,999
BBC News Channel	Maryam Moshiri	c. 180 presentation days	£200,000 - £204,999
BBC News Channel	Christian Fraser	c. 180 presentation days	£195,000 - £199,999
BBC News Channel	Sally Bundock	c. 180 Business presentation days	£195,000 - £199,999
BBC News Channel	Annita McVeigh	c. 180 presentation days	£195,000 - £199,999
BBC News Channel (International)*	Caitríona Perry	c. 230 presentation days (USA); The President’s Path podcast; Global Story podcast	£205,000 - £209,999 USD 280,000 - 284,999
BBC News Channel (International)*	Sumi Somaskanda	c. 230 presentation days (USA); The President’s Path podcast; Global Story podcast	£205,000 - £209,999 USD 280,000 - 284,999
BBC News Channel (International)*	Steven Lai	c. 220 presentation days (Singapore)	£178,000 - £184,999 SGD 310,000 - 314,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Ros Atkins	Analysis Editor; The Media Show	£300,000 - £304,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Chris Mason	Political Editor	£275,000 - £279,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Jeremy Bowen	International Editor	£270,000 - £274,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Simon Jack	Business Editor; BBC Radio 4 Today cover	£270,000 - £274,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Sarah Smith	North America Editor	£245,000 - £249,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Katya Adler	Europe Editor	£245,000 - £249,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Fergal Keane	Special Correspondent	£240,000 - £244,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Faisal Islam	Economics Editor, Newsnight cover	£235,000 - £239,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Lyse Doucet	Chief International Correspondent	£230,000 - £234,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Orla Guerin	Senior International Correspondent	£220,000 - £224,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Katie Razzall	Media and Culture Editor; Newsnight cover; The Media Show	£215,000 - £219,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Jonny Dymond	Royal Correspondent; The World This Weekend, The World at One, Today programme cover on BBC Radio 4; World Questions on BBC World Service	£210,000 - £214,999
On-air editors and correspondents	John Simpson	World Affairs Editor; Unspun World with John Simpson	£205,000 - £209,999
On-air editors and correspondents	Steve Rosenberg	Russia Editor	£190,000 - £194,999
Broadcasting House	Paddy O'Connell	Broadcasting House; Newsnight;Weekend Newscast; PM	£210,000 - £214,999

* BBC News Channel (International): These individuals are based outside the UK and are paid a local salary, which has been converted into GBP using monthly foreign exchange rates.

Radio

Principal programme	Name	Programme commitments	Pay
BBC Radio 1	Greg James	c. 215 Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James c. 3 Radio 4 Rewinders Various other engagements across public service.	£440,000 - £444,999
BBC Radio 2	Scott Mills	c. 225 Radio 2 The Scott Mills Breakfast Show c. 6 Pop: Top 10 shows Various other engagements across public service.	£745,000 - £749,999
BBC Radio 2	Vernon Kay	c. 210 Radio 2 Mid-Morning shows c. 50 Alternative Dance Sounds of the 90s Various other engagements across public service.	£405,000 - £409,999
BBC Radio 2	Trevor Nelson	c. 225 Radio 2 Afternoon shows c. 47 Radio 1Xtra shows	£330,000 - £334,999
BBC Radio 2	Sara Cox	c. 220 Radio 2 Drivetime shows Various other engagements across public service.	£320,000 - £324,999
BBC Radio 2	Jeremy Vine	c. 210 Radio 2 shows	£265,000 - £269,999
BBC Radio 2	Jo Whiley	c. 180 Radio 2 shows Various other engagements across public service.	£250,000 - £254,999
BBC Radio 2	Johnathan Joseph	c. 184 Radio 2 shows Various other engagements across Radio 2	£225,000 - £229,999
BBC Radio 2	Owain Wyn Evans	c. 198 Radio 2 Early Breakfast shows Various other engagements across public service.	£205,000 - £209,999
BBC Radio 5 live	Nicky Campbell	c. 231 editions of Nicky Campbell show Don't Say a Word podcasts	£295,000 - £299,999
BBC Radio 5 live	Rick Edwards	c. 178 editions of 5Live Weekday Breakfast shows c. 32 editions of Fighting Talk 5 live Cricket and Football coverage	£230,000 - £234,999
BBC Radio 5 live	Matt Chorley	c. 213 editions of Matt Chorley show c. 35 presentation days of Newsnight Podcasts for BBC Sounds	£230,000 - £234,999
BBC Radio 5 live	Rachel Burden	c. 177 editions of 5Live Weekday Breakfast Shows c. 14 editions of BBC Breakfast and News programmes Café Hope podcasts	£215,000 - £219,999
BBC Radio 5 live	Adrian Chiles	c. 100 Editions of Radio 5 Live Adrian Chiles show c. 30 Editions of Radio 4 Saturday Live show	£185,000 - £189,999
BBC Radio 6 Music	Nicholas Grimshaw	c. 225 6 Music Breakfast shows c. 37 Sidetracked shows	£335,000 - £339,999
BBC Radio 6 Music	Lauren Laverne	c. 195 6 Music Mid-Morning shows Various other engagements across public service.	£235,000 - £239,999
BBC Radio 6 Music	Craig Charles	c. 205 6 Music Daytime shows c. 50 6 Music Funk & Soul shows	£190,000 - £194,999

Sport

Principal programme	Name	Programme commitments	Pay
Football	Alan Shearer	Match of the Day: Premier League, FA Cup	£390,000 - £394,999
Football	Gary Lineker	Match of the Day: Premier League, FA Cup	£325,000 - £329,999
Football	Alex Scott	Football Focus, Women's Super League, FA Cup, European Women's Championship 2025, Sports Personality of the Year	£195,000 - £199,999
Cricket	Michael Vaughan	TV and Radio Cricket, Ashes podcast	£185,000 - £189,999
Multiple sports	Mark Chapman	c. 98 editions of BBC Radio 5 live Sport, Match of the Day: Premier League, FA Cup and UCL, Challenge Cup	£335,000 - £339,999
Multiple sports	Gabby Logan	Match of the Day: Premier League and UCL, Athletics, Rugby Union, European Women's Championship 2025, Women's Rugby World Cup 2025, Sports Personality of the Year	£290,000 - £294,999

Multiple genres and television

There are a small number of individuals who have pre-existing multi-year relationships with BBC commissioning. Payments from BBC Studios have been removed from the disclosure, and they may also receive payments from independent producers. We also include in this section presenters who spend close to 50% of their time in more than one of Television, Radio, News and Sport.

Principal programme	Name	Programme commitments	Pay
Radio and Television	Stephen Nolan	The Nolan Show on Radio Ulster Nolan Live on BBC One (NI) BBC Radio 5 live Stephen Nolan Show	£425,000 - £429,999
Radio and Television	Naga Munchetty	c. 180 BBC Breakfast presentation days c. 140 BBC Radio 5 Live Naga Munchetty shows	£360,000 - £364,999
Radio and Television	Tina Daheley	BBC Radio 2 Breakfast show Jeremy Vine programme cover Radio 2 in the Park BBC One News Bulletins BBC Breakfast	£300,000 - £304,999
Radio and Sport	Jason Mohammad	BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio 2 Good Morning Sunday Final Score Match of the Day: FA Cup Match of the Day	£290,000 - £294,999
Radio and Sport	Kelly Cates	c. 40 editions of BBC Radio 5 live Sport Match of the Day: Premier League, FA Cup and UCL	£215,000 - £219,999

Off-air

We publish on our website the pay and expenses for all senior leaders earning over £178,000 in the BBC’s public services. Under the terms of our Charter, we are required to publish a report from the Remuneration Committee listing all senior executives of the BBC paid more than £178,000 from licence fee revenue for services in the financial year, set out in pay bands. These figures exclude any recharges or amounts paid from our commercial entities.

Director General

Pay	Name	Role
£555,000 - £559,999	Tim Davie	Director-General

Executive Committee

Pay	Name	Role
£480,000 - £484,999	Leigh Tavaziva	Group Chief Operating Officer
£455,000 - £459,999	Kate Phillips	BBC, Chief Content Officer
£445,000 - £449,999	Deborah Turness	CEO, News and Current Affairs
£405,000 - £409,999	Storm Fagan	Chief Technology and Product Officer
£405,000 - £409,999	Kerris Bright	Chief Customer Officer
£365,000 - £369,999	Uzair Qadeer	Chief People Officer
£350,000 - £354,999	John Curbishley	Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer
£335,000 - £339,999	Jonathan Munro	Interim CEO, News and Current Affairs
£325,000 - £329,999	Alice Macandrew	Group Director, Corporate Affairs
£275,000 - £279,999	Rhuanedd Richards	Interim Director, Nations
£270,000 - £274,999	Rhodri Talfan Davies	Editorial Director

Corporate Functions

Pay	Name	Role
£335,000 - £339,999	Sarah Jones	Group General Counsel
£325,000 - £329,999	Jo Sherlock	Group Rights and Commercial Director
£285,000 - £289,999	Simone Marquis	Chief Talent and Inclusion Officer
£270,000 - £274,999	Balram Veliath	Director Quality, Risk & Assurance
£270,000 - £274,999	Rebecca Wallace	Strategy Director
£260,000 - £264,999	Toby Philipps	Corporate Development Director
£255,000 - £259,999	Shirley Cameron	Director of Revenue and Customer Management
£250,000 - £254,999	Claude Sarfo	Finance Director, News and Current Affairs
£245,000 - £249,999	Eddy Datubo	Director of Transformation
£240,000 - £244,999	Holly King	Group Financial Controller
£235,000 - £239,999	Rhona Burns	Finance Director, Financial Planning and Insights
£230,000 - £234,999	Peter Ranyard	Head of Corporate Legal & Assistant General Counsel
£225,000 - £229,999	Iain Bundred	Director of Policy and Public Affairs
£220,000 - £224,999	Nick Wilcox	Legal Director
£220,000 - £224,999	Samantha Sing	Finance Director, Nations
£220,000 - £224,999	Sarah Gregory	HR Director, People Experience
£220,000 - £224,999	Andrew Kaczor	Finance Director, COO Group, CCO Group and Corporate Functions
£220,000 - £224,999	Peter Johnston	Director of Editorial Complaints and Reviews
£215,000 - £219,999	Natasha Wojciechowski	HR Director, Corporate Functions
£215,000 - £219,999	Kieran Clifton	Director, Distribution and Business Development
£210,000 - £214,999	David Jordan	Director, Editorial Policy and Standard
£210,000 - £214,999	Sophie Garnham	CRBA Director
£205,000 - £209,999	Paul Oldfield	Chief of Staff
£205,000 - £209,999	Deborah Copeland	Director, Internal Communications & Engagement
£205,000 - £209,999	Dan Peters	Director, Product Management
£200,000 - £204,999	Geraint Crwys-Williams	Director of Operations
£200,000 - £204,999	Gareth Tuck	Finance Director, Content
£200,000 - £204,999	Alan Bainbridge	Director of Workplace
£200,000 - £204,999	Sarah Calcott	Chief Operating Officer, Nations/Interim Chief Operating Officer, COO Group
£195,000 - £199,999	Tove Okunniwa	Director of Group Partnerships
£195,000 - £199,999	Sam Carrier	Finance Director, Transformation & Operations
£195,000 - £199,999	David Attfield	Legal Director
£195,000 - £199,999	Anna Shackleton	HR Director, Content
£190,000 - £194,999	Zoë Baker	HR Director, Nations
£190,000 - £194,999	Danielle Mulder	Director of Sustainability
£190,000 - £194,999	Rob Skidmore	Director, Procurement
£190,000 - £194,999	Declan Kelly	HR Director, People Services
£190,000 - £194,999	Alan Edwards	Commercial Project Manager
£185,000 - £189,999	Nigel Lewis	HR Director, Employee Relations & Pensions
£185,000 - £189,999	Chris Rowsell	Controller Regulation
£185,000 - £189,999	Tanja Lichtensteiger	Director, Product Engineering
£185,000 - £189,999	Katie Landy	HR Director, Organisational Strategies
£185,000 - £189,999	Nikki Severs	HR Director, Reward
£185,000 - £189,999	Jo Korn	CRBA Director
£185,000 - £189,999	Richard Armstrong	CRBA Director
£178,000 - £184,999	Mani Kumar	Head of Talent Acquisition
£178,000 - £184,999	Holly Goodier	Director, Digital Portfolio
£178,000 - £184,999	Simon Adair	Director of SSR
£178,000 - £184,999	Peter Archer	Senior Project Director

Technology Group and Product Group

Pay	Name	Role
£300,000 - £304,999	Will Farrell-Green	Director, Product and Design
£300,000 - £304,999	Jack Whyte	Director, Product Engineering and Data
£300,000 - £304,999	Sinead Greenaway	Director, Broadcast and End User Technology/Interim Chief Technology Officer
£295,000 - £299,999	Andy Ryan	Director, Technology Support and Operations/Interim Chief Technology Officer
£260,000 - £264,999	Kelly Kowal	Director, Product Operations
£240,000 - £244,999	Helen Rabe	Chief Information Security Officer
£230,000 - £234,999	Jatin Aythora	Director, Research & Development
£225,000 - £229,999	Morwen Williams	Director, Media Operations
£205,000 - £209,999	Richard Cooper	Director, Digital Distribution
£205,000 - £209,999	Anna Murcar	Director, Product & Systems
£190,000 - £194,999	Noreen Adams	Director, Archives Technology & Services
£185,000 - £189,999	Megan Williams	Director, Product Transformation

Marketing and Audiences

Pay	Name	Role
£220,000 - £224,999	Nick North	Director of Audiences
£220,000 - £224,999	Paul Davies	Director, Marketing & Audiences
£205,000 - £209,999	Justin Bairamian	Director, BBC Creative
£178,000 - £184,999	Nicki Brown	Director, Marketing & Audiences
£178,000 - £184,999	Jane Callingham	Director, Marketing & Audiences

Nations

Pay	Name	Role
£200,000 - £204,999	Jason Horton	Controller, Production/Interim Chief Operating Officer, Nations
£190,000 - £194,999	Hayley Valentine	Nations Director
£185,000 - £189,999	Adam Smyth	Nations Director
£178,000 - £184,999	Garmon Rhys	Nations Director
£178,000 - £184,999	Chris Burns	Controller Local Audio Commissioning

Content

Pay	Name	Role
£320,000 - £324,999	Lindsay Salt	Commissioning Director, Drama
£295,000 - £299,999	Dan McGolpin	Director, BBC iPlayer & Channels
£290,000 - £294,999	Alex Kay-Jelski	Director of Sport
£275,000 - £279,999	Fiona Campbell	Channel Controller
£260,000 - £264,999	Patricia Hidalgo	Director, Children's and Education
£255,000 - £259,999	Jon Petrie	Commissioning Director
£240,000 - £244,999	Graham Ellis	Controller, BBC Audio
£240,000 - £244,999	Lorna Clarke	Commissioning Director
£230,000 - £234,999	Jonathan Wall	Commissioning Director
£230,000 - £234,999	Mohit Bakaya	Commissioning Director
£225,000 - £229,999	Lindsay Currie	Head of Channel Management
£220,000 - £224,999	Sam Jackson	Controller Radio
£220,000 - £224,999	Eva Yates	Commissioning Director
£220,000 - £224,999	Heidi Dawson	Controller Radio
£220,000 - £224,999	Jo McClellan	Commissioning Editor, Drama
£215,000 - £219,999	David Pembrey	Chief Operating Officer, Content
£220,000 - £224,999	Gaynor Holmes	Commissioning Editor, Drama
£210,000 - £214,999	Lucy Richer	Senior Commissioning Editor, Drama
£210,000 - £214,999	Clare Sillery	Senior Head of Commissioning
£210,000 - £214,999	Philip Bernie	Head of Sport
£205,000 - £209,999	Rob Unsworth	Senior Head of Commissioning
£200,000 - £204,999	Catherine Catton	Senior Head of Commissioning
£200,000 - £204,999	Rebecca Ferguson	Commissioning Editor, Drama
£200,000 - £204,999	Jack Bootle	Senior Head of Commissioning
£200,000 - £204,999	Mark Hughes	Head of Sport
£195,000 - £199,999	Suzy Klein	Senior Head of Commissioning
£195,000 - £199,999	Kalpna Patel-Knight	Senior Head of Entertainment Commissioning
£190,000 - £194,999	Kerensa Samanidis	Chief Operating Officer
£178,000 - £184,999	Anna Taganov	Channel Editor
£178,000 - £184,999	Geraldine Atlee	Head of Business, Commissioning
£178,000 - £184,999	Nick Lambon	Commissioning Editor, Drama
£178,000 - £184,999	Nawfal Faizullah	Commissioning Editor, Drama
£178,000 - £184,999	Benjamin Gallop	Head of Sport

News and Current Affairs

Pay	Name	Role
£285,000 - £289,999	John McAndrew	Director, News
£240,000 - £244,999	Richard Burgess	Director, News
£225,000 - £229,999	Phil Harrold	Interim Chief Operating Officer, News
£205,000 - £209,999	Sam Taylor	Interim Divisional Transformation Director
£190,000 - £194,999	Joanna Carr	News Controller
£185,000 - £189,999	Fiona Crack	Interim Global Director
£178,000 - £184,999	Jon Zilkha	News Controller

Former Staff

Former staff are defined as individuals who have left the BBC and whose contractual notice period concluded before 31 March 2026.

Pay	Name	Role
£255,000 - £259,999	Peter O'Kane	Chief Technology Officer
£255,000 - £259,999	Charl Bassil	Chief Brand Officer
£215,000 - £219,999	Alan Dickson	Chief Financial Officer
£205,000 - £209,999	Dan Rickards	Interim Head of Change
£200,000 - £204,999	Charlotte Moore	Chief Content Officer
£190,000 - £194,999	Syeda Irtizaali	Commissioning Director
£178,000 - £184,999	Ellie Runcie	Chief Design Officer

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