BBC Trust
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| Predecessor | Board of Governors of the BBC |
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| Successor | Board of the BBC (April 2017) |
| Formation | 1 January 2007 |
| Headquarters | 180 Great Portland Street London W1W 5QZ |
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Chairman
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Rona Fairhead CBE |
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Vice Chairman
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Sir Roger Carr |
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Sonita Alleyne OBE Richard Ayre Mark Damazer CBE Mark Florman Bill Matthews Aideen McGinley OBE Nicholas Prettejohn Elan Closs Stephens CBE Suzanna Taverne Lord Williams of Baglan |
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| Website | www |
The BBC Trust is the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It is operationally independent of BBC management and external bodies, and its stated aim is to make decisions in the best interests of licence-fee payers. On 12 May 2016, it was announced in the House of Commons that the regulatory functions of the BBC Trust are to be transferred to Ofcom.
The Trust was established by the Royal Charter for the BBC which came into effect on 1 January 2007. The Trust, and a formalised Executive Board, replaced the former Board of Governors.
In summary, the main roles of the Trust are in setting the overall strategic direction of the BBC, including its priorities, and in exercising a general oversight of the work of the Executive Board. The Trust will perform these roles in the public interest, particularly the interest of licence fee payers. — BBC Royal Charter (2006)
The Royal Charter establishes that the Trust should have twelve trustees, including a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and a member for each of the Home Nations of the United Kingdom. Appointments to the BBC Trust are made by Queen in Council, on the recommendation of UK government ministers.
The BBC Trust currently comprises:
Trustees serve for terms of up to five years (usually four), after which they may be re-appointed.
Since 2006 the following people were members of the BBC Trust:
The Trust was originally to be chaired by Michael Grade, the then Chairman of the Board of Governors. However, in November 2006 before the Trust formally took over from the Governors as the governing body of the Corporation, Grade left the BBC to become Executive Chairman of ITV. Chitra Bharucha, then Vice-Chairman, became the Acting Chairman.
Sir Michael Lyons was subsequently appointed the first permanent Chairman of the BBC Trust, taking up the position from 1 May 2007. In September 2010 Sir Michael wrote to the Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt, stating that he did not wish to be considered for a second term as Chairman. He stood down from the post in April 2011.
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