Morris off

On his recent trip to India, the BBC Director General Tim Davie gave an interview to that country's Economic Times. 

"My number one priority is to make sure the BBC is a truly trusted, impartial source of information and analysis and I think the value of that is growing. If you look at the numbers, we now have over 70 million Indians coming to our language services. Across the world, we’re reaching over 480 million people per week and that number is growing rapidly.

How does that priority square with the continuing exodus of journalists with unrivalled experience of delivering such assured and respected information and analysis ?  Today's departee is Chris Morris, 57. He's worked in Sri Lanka, the USA, Turkey, Belgium, Iraq, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, and India. He's been a State Department Correspondent, a World Affairs Correspondent, and Global Trade Correspondent. He's been the face and voice of Reality Check. 

Two questions for Tim. If Chris Morris actually wanted to leave, why ? And shouldn't the DG have persuaded him to stay ?