Tim Davie
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Director-General of the BBC Acting |
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In office 11 November 2012 – 1 April 2013 |
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| Preceded by | George Entwistle |
| Succeeded by | Tony Hall |
| Chief Executive of BBC Worldwide | |
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Assumed office 1 April 2013 |
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| Preceded by | John Smith |
| BBC Director of Audio & Music | |
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In office June 2008 – Feb 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Jenny Abramsky |
| Succeeded by | Helen Boaden |
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| Born | 25 April 1967 |
| Nationality | British |
| Children | 3 |
Timothy Douglas Davie (born April 25, 1967) is the Chief Executive Officer of BBC Worldwide who served as acting Director-General of the BBC following George Entwistle's resignation in November 2012 until Lord Hall took over the role permanently in April 2013. During his time as acting director-general he oversaw the investigations into BBC management and conduct following revelations the broadcaster had known about sexual abuse by Sir Jimmy Savile and then made false accusations against Lord McAlpine.
Davie was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon, and studied English at Selwyn College, Cambridge before joining Procter & Gamble as a trainee in 1991.
Appointed UK Marketing Manager for PepsiCo in 1993, Davie was subsequently promoted to Vice President, Marketing, Europe and Sub-Sahara Africa, holding several similar appointments, including in the United States, before taking up the Vice President for Marketing and Franchise post.
Davie joined the BBC as Director of Marketing, Communications and Audiences in April 2005. He was Director General Mark Thompson's first senior external appointment.
In June 2008, it was announced that he was replacing Jenny Abramsky, who served at the BBC for 39 years before leaving to chair the Heritage Lottery Fund. Appointed Director of Audio & Music, he sat on the BBC's Executive Board with overall responsibility for all of the BBC's national radio networks and the corporation's music output across all media. This included BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4; as well as the BBC digital radio stations BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio 1Xtra, BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC 7; the three BBC Orchestras based in England; and The Proms. He also heads up programme making teams across radio and music television. BBC Audio and Music has an annual programming budget of c.£200 million and a staff of over 1,400.
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