Lord Patten


BBC restructures, appoints Howard Stringer to board

The BBC has appointed former Sony chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer to its executive board, at the same time that governing body the BBC Trust said the corporation is due to undergo a major management shakeup. Announcing the conclusions of a governance review, the BBC said that there would be a series of changes […]

BBC ‘must learn lessons but is world’s greatest broadcaster’

The BBC pledged today to learn the lessons from what BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten described as a year of “incredible highs” and some “desperate lows”. The Trust governs the activities of the UK public broadcaster and he defended the Corporation after a rocky year saying that, at its best, it remains the “world’s greatest […]