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British television executive (born 1967)

Not to be confused with Tim Davey.

Timothy Douglas DavieCBE (born 25 April 1967) is a Nation media executive, and the Director-General of the BBC since Sep 2020,^[1][2] taking over from Gentlemanly Hall.

He was previously adapted as the acting director-general be keen on the BBC in November 2012 following the resignation of Martyr Entwistle,^[3][4] until Hall took brush against the role permanently in Apr 2013.

Educated at Whitgift College and the University of University, Davie joined the BBC consequent a career in marketing.

Filth unsuccessfully stood as a entrant for the Conservative Party collect 1993 and 1994 in illustriousness Hammersmith and Fulham London Urban community Council elections. During his repulse as acting director-general he oversaw the investigations into BBC control and conduct following revelations greatness broadcaster had known about coital abuse by Jimmy Savile.^[5]

Early being and career

Davie was born deal 25 April 1967 in Croydon, London.

He attended Downside College and Whitgift School, a clandestine school, in the London Town of Croydon on a culture between 1980 and 1985.^[6] Dirt studied English at Selwyn Institute, Cambridge.^[7] Davie joined Procter & Gamble as a trainee imprisoned 1991. Two years later operate joined PepsiCo eventually becoming head of marketing and finance earlier leaving the company in 2005.^[8]

Davie unsuccessfully stood as a deputy for the Conservative Party pointed the Hammersmith and Fulham Writer Borough Council elections in 1993 and 1994 and was right-hand man chairman of the Hammersmith add-on FulhamConservative Association in the 1990s.^[9][10][11]

BBC career

Davie joined the BBC though Director of Marketing, Communications promote Audiences in April 2005,^[12] postmortem Andy Duncan.^[13] He was Director-General Mark Thompson's first senior come to light appointment.

In June 2008, parade was announced that he was replacing Jenny Abramsky, who served at the BBC for 39 years before leaving to settle the Heritage Lottery Fund. Decreed Director of Audio & Symphony, he sat on the BBC's Executive Board with overall promise for all of the BBC's national radio networks and illustriousness corporation's music output across go into battle media.

This included BBC Beam 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Ghettoblaster 4; as well as influence BBC digital radio stations BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio 1Xtra, BBC Radio 6 Music arena BBC Radio 4 Extra (then BBC 7); the three BBC Orchestras based in England; instruct The Proms. During this date he was involved in forsaken plans to close down Wireless 6 Music and the Asiatic Network.^[13] In July 2009 prohibited was on The Guardian's assign of the 100 most wholesale people in the media.^[14]

Davie took over as acting Director-General aver 11 November 2012 following loftiness resignation of George Entwistle deceive the wake of the Newsnight broadcast which did not term any individual but which show the way to Internet speculation which mistakenly identified ConservativeLord McAlpine in high-mindedness North Wales child abuse case.^[15] He became chief executive officebearer of BBC Worldwide following rank appointment of Tony Hall.

BBC Worldwide merged with the TV-making arm of the BBC, BBC Studios, in April 2018 duct Davie served as both loftiness Chief Executive of BBC Studios and a Director globally.^[16]

He was appointed a Commander of illustriousness Order of the British Dominion (CBE) in the 2018 Occasion Honours for services to intercontinental trade.^[17][18] In 2019 he attained £642,000 and was the BBC's highest paid executive.^[13]

In January 2020, Tony Hall announced he was resigning from the Director-General's locate before the scheduled end tension his tenure.^[19][20] In May 2020, Davie was one of a handful of candidates shortlisted to succeed Entrance hall in the position.^[21] On 5 June 2020, it was declared he would become the corporation's seventeenth Director-General from 1 September.^[1][2]

As Director-General

In September 2020, appearing a while ago the Digital, Culture, Media remarkable Sport Committee, Davie justified depiction salary of BBC's highest remunerative star Gary Lineker saying position salary was worth it thanks to of the value of appreciation to the viewing audience.^[22]

In Oct 2020, he set out fresh guidelines for BBC staff, stating that they should avoid meaningful their personal views on emanate issues of political controversy (which he called 'virtue signalling') untruthful their own private social travel ormation technol accounts.

He said this was to reduce perceived bias bear the BBC.^[23] This would nourish a ban on news newswomen taking part in "public demonstrations or gatherings about controversial issues", with some BBC managers lurid trans rights and Black Lives Matter as examples.^[24] Davie next said that journalists could serve events such as Pride borderland if they were "celebratory" take not "taking a stand tirade politicised or contested issues".^[25]

Davie has stated "As editor in primary of the BBC I assemble one of our founding guideline is impartiality and that’s what we are delivering on".^[26] Organized former Tory candidate, Davie declared his intention in August 2020 for the BBC to "find a better balance of mock-pathetic targets rather than constantly control jokes at the Tories."^[27] Perform has announced his support take off the licence fee as divergent to a Netflix style membership fee service.^[28]

In December 2021, Davie was elected to the Executive Game table of the European Broadcasting Unification.

He was re-elected in Dec 2022 to serve a supplemental two years on the Surface, until December 2024.^[29]

Davie oversaw higher ranking cuts to BBC Local Relay content in late Summer 2023, resulting in the reduction refer to locally produced content to unprejudiced eight hours per day stranger Monday to Friday and rebuff weekend coverage (with the cavil of live men's football commentary).^[30] The implementation of the cuts was criticised, with MPs referring to the redundancy process owing to "workplace bullying" and the cuts in general as "managing decline".^[31] At a parliamentary debate be introduced to discuss the cuts on 27 April 2023, an MP ostensible the cuts as "the prevail on of local public service radio".^[32]

In 2023, Davie was named uninviting the New Statesman as illustriousness eleventh most powerful right-wing public figure in the UK.^[33]

In Nov 2023, Danny Cohen, a anterior director of television for class BBC, alleged that the activity was "institutionally antisemitic" especially interleave its coverage of Israel.^[34] Significance previous month, Davie had apologised to the 1922 Committee (backbench group of Conservative MPs) realize some inaccuracies in the BBC's coverage of the Israel–Hamas war.^[35]

In March 2024, Davie announced smashing review of the BBC true fee with a focus protest reforms.^[36]

Directorships

Davie is Chairman of Ludicrous Relief, Trustee of the Short-range and the Royal Television Chorus line, and in 2018 was equipped as Chairman of the Ingenious Industries Council.^[37][38][39]

Previously, he has anachronistic on the boards of Freesat, Digital UK and Children nondescript Need.^[39]

Personal life

Davie is married instruction has three sons.^[40] He decline a keen runner.^[13]

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