Dapper John Smith, CEO of BBC Worldwide, must feel he just can't win. First the Trust shackle his burgeoning empire by banning any further acquisitions, and ordering him to shed, over time, stakes in non-BBC branded-channels. Now MPs say the targets for BBC Worldwide profits are "unambitious".
Meanwhile, he's just lost his non-executive chairman, Robert Webb, QC. When he was a head of chambers, Robert said his favourite recording artiste was Gracie Fields, and his biggest problem was trying to look smart. He's sharpened up over recent years, working at BA, and becoming Chairman of Autonomy, now sold to Hewlett Packard.
He's also a non-executive director of property developers, Argent, and has had to step down from meetings about the sale of Television Centre. Mmmm.
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