Twister

The modern BBC eschews hierarchical organograms, but Tim Davie is probably on permanent antibiotics for pecking order problems. 

Following the announcement that his HR leaders are packing it in, the BBC DG has announced that their replacement will sit on his Executive Board, an honour denied to the current incumbents. Odd move, you might think, as Chief Operating Officer Leigh Tavaziva already sits on said board, and the new HR Director will report to her. 

It can sometimes be uncomfortable having a deputy alongside you at board meetings, especially a point-scoring, corner-defending operation like the BBC Executive  But, seen in conjunction with the move of Bob Shennan to the Elysian Fields of BBC Studios, it highlights the position of Bob's star recruit, the part-time Director of Creative Diversity, June Sarpong, pro-rata the BBC's most expensive manager. 

June reported to Bob, and now reports to Leigh. A new HR Director (and probably the organisational ascetics of McKinsey, still patrolling the wide-open spaces of New Broadcasting House) would argue that it would simply wrong for a key advisor to have a board seat, when the overall senior manager in charge of staff in a people-heavy company, did not.