By presumably universal acclaim from the Conservative Government, Sir Robbie Gibb has been appointed non-executive member of the BBC Board representing the interests of England for another three years.
His most recent Chair, Dame Elan Closs Stephens opined “Robbie has a particular point of view about diversity of thought that usually means we are probably too left in his opinion." When Sr Robbie was accused of heavy lobbying about the appointment of the Ofcom chair by Nadine Dorries, Elan had a look, swerved the lobbying issue, and said "I am satisfied that no breach of the Board's Code of Practice has taken place".
In the revolving world of public appointments, Samir Shah, who as an indie producer supplied This Week to the BBC under the editorial eye of Robbie Gibb, was on the interview panel when Robbie first turned up as a Board member. As BBC Chair-elect, Samir promised MPs he'd look at Robbie Gibb's lobbying activities; we must assume he has, and is happy.
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