A little bit of welcome continuity for BBC DG Tim Davie. Sir Nicholas Serota (74, Haberdashers' Aske's and Christ's College, Cambridge), currently Senior Independent Director on the BBC Board, has been given a new three-year term, running to April 2024.
He was originally appointed for two years from August 2016, and moved up to Senior in April 2017, after the departure of Dame Fiona Reynolds.
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson (51, St Cyres Comprehensive School and Loughborough) gets a nine-month extension, taking her to the end of 2021. She was first appointed in April 2017.
Over the next 12 months, Board support will be needed for the licence fee negotiations (whether they get much to do with them or not). Today's the end of the week-long 'panel sift' for a new BBC Chair; they'll be posting invitations to interviews for those shortlisted, with dates over the fortnight starting 30th November. I expect full details to be in The Sunday Telegraph.
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