Director-General of the BBC
The Director-General is chief executive and editor-in-chief of the BBC and is appointed by the BBC Trust.[1]
List of Directors-General
- John Reith
- F.W. Ogilvie 1938-1942
- Cecil Graves 1942-43 (jointly)
- R.W. Foot (1942-1944)
- William Haley (1944-1952)
- Ian Jacob (1952-1959)
- Hughe Carleton-Greene (1960-1969)
- Charles Curran (1969-1977)
- Ian Trethowan 1977-1982
- Alasdair Milne 1982-1987
- Michael Checkland 1987-1992
- John Birt 1992-2000
- Greg Dyke 2000-2004
- Mark Thompson 2004-[2]
Notes
- ↑ Senior Management, BBC, accessed 2 January 2011.
- ↑ BBC Director-General listing, BBC, accessed 2 January 2012.
