Officer class

The BBC has a new Director of Finance. He's Ian Haythornthwaite, currently billed as CFO BBC North and Future Media.

In the new, meaner, tighter, McKinsey structure, Ian reports to Anne Bulford, whose post was initially stated as created to combine COO and CFO roles, following the departures of Caroline Thomson and Zarin Patel.  His new job, advertised as CFO, has now been renamed Director of Finance. But undoubtedly there will still be interest in where Mr H's new package is pitched - on a scale between his current £171k, Zarin Patel's old £337k and Anne Bulford's £395k.

There will also be some interest in where Ian will be based. Home is Preston, and his train, hotel and car parking expenses seem to have grown as he has acquired new responsibilities.