In time for Xmas

Pay relativities at the BBC are a hot topic these days, so let me be the first to note some entertaining re-adjustments at executive level.

Chief Customer Officer Kerris Bright has come aboard from Virgin Media for a handy £360k pa. I'm guessing this is the key factor in nudging up Director of Content, Charlotte Moore, from £325k, to £370k. James Purnell, Director of Sounds, Radio and Education, moves up from £295k to £315k, his first pay rise in over five years, but the new rate still leaves him behind Ken MacQuarrie, Director of Nations and Regions, who takes a neat leap from £250k to £325k (probably because he's also on the main board).

Deputy Director General Anne Bulford's wodge is unchanged, at £435k, but she's acquired an expensive departmental sidekick, also at executive level, Glyn Isherwood, at £325k. Valerie Hughes D'Aeth, as Head of HR is also unchanged, at £310k - I wonder if she helped with the review ? Corporation spinner John Shield, who will probably have to explain all this, is up from £195k to £220k.