Driving force

An update on the BBC's Operations Committee and its membership. 

This is "a decision-making and oversight sub-committee with delegated authority to provide assurance on delivery of the BBC’s strategic priorities."

This agile group currently numbers 17 (seventeen). 

Leigh Tavaziva

Group Chief Operating Officer (Chair) 

Alan Dickson

Chief Financial Officer    

Balram Veliath

Director Quality, Risk and Assurance   

Chantal Brooks

Head of Finance and Operations, CCOG           

Clare Sumner

Director Policy 

David Pembrey

Chief Operating Officer, Content         

Eddy Datubo

Director of Ops and Transformation       

Gautam Rangarajan

Director, Strategy and Performance         

Martyn Freeman

Chief Operating Officer, BBC Studios             

Peter O'Kane

Chief Technology Officer

Sam Taylor

Interim Chief Operating Officer, News

Sarah Calcott

Chief Operating Officer, Nations

Sarah Jones

Group General Counsel

Sam Carrier

Interim Group Financial Controller

Sophie Beaumont

Software Engineering Team Lead / SLT Adviser

Storm Fagan

Chief Product Officer

Uzair Qadeer

Group HR Director