New faces

While I haven't been paying attention, some new names have appeared on the disclosed list of those the BBC is paying more than £150k.

There seems to have been some considerable beefing up of the legal department, with Legal Director Simon Morrissey on £170k+, Legal Director Nicholas Wilcox on £160k+, Legal Director Claudia Giles on £170+ and Legal Director David Attfield on £160k+.

Sophie Garnham has returned to the BBC, after spells at Sky and Warner Bros, as Head of Commercial Rights and Business Affairs, for £160k+ (she left Worldwide in the time of Lonely Planet development).

Senior Head is an emerging title: Natasha Wojciechowski arrives as Senior Head of HR, on £165k. Samira Ahmed's legal team thought she should have been in the witness box in her equal pay tribunal.

Steven Carson is running multi-platform commissioning in Scotland, and has the title Senior Head and a wodge of £155k+. Commissioning has been shortened to Comms in his billing, which even Steven might think was misleading.