In May 2011 who became Chairman of the BBC Trust?
"peer as Baron Patten of Barnes, of Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. On the advice of the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government led by Prime Minister David Cameron, Patten was appointed by the Queen-in-Council as Chairman of the BBC Trust, and he took office on 1 May 2011, in the place of Sir Michael Lyons whose contract was not renewed. As Chairman of the BBC Trust, Patten joined the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family in the royal box for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert. It came, however, immediately in the wake of"
"to the role and began a four-year term on 1 May 2011. Patten resigned in May 2014 following heart surgery. He was replaced by the Vice Chairman, Diane Coyle, in an acting capacity until a new Chairman was selected. On 31 August 2014 it was announced that Rona Fairhead would become the new Chairman of the trust. The remuneration for BBC Trustees was determined by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and paid for by the BBC. The table below shows the base fees for Trustees during 2014–15. The Chairman is expected to spend 3 days a week on"
"April. BBC Trust Vice Chairman Diane Coyle took over as Acting Chairman until the appointment of a new chairman. In May 2016, Patten said that the BBC has ""lost some of its ambition"" in its coverage of science, philosophy and history, and should “stretch” audiences more. Patten, bemoaned the fact that much of the corporation’s high-brow programming had been moved to BBC Four, the digital channel, and given low budgets that meant shows were “sometimes made with glue and string”. In a speech on the future of the BBC, which he said was ""one of this country’s greatest institutions"", Patten"
"a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Coyle was previously a presenter on BBC Radio 4 and was a member of the BBC Trust from November 2006 until April 2015. On 7 April 2011 the Queen approved Coyle's appointment as the Vice-Chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. She also has been contributing regularly to Project Syndicate since 2017. Coyle praises the news coverage of the BBC, saying ""I've always valued the BBC, not least as the best provider of news coverage in the world. Its impartiality and comprehensive coverage underpin its vital"
"formation of the Trust on 1 November 2006 and Bharucha became the Acting BBC Chairman, a position that she held until Sir Michael Lyons took over the chairmanship on 1 May 2007. Bharucha stood down from her role as Vice Chairman of the Trust on 31 October 2010. Chitra Bharucha Chitra Bharucha MBE, FRCPath, FRSA, (born 6 April 1945) is a former consultant haematologist and former vice chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. She became the first woman and first South Asian (""Asian"" in British English) to head the BBC Born in Madurai,"
"United Kingdom's two members of the European Commission. He returned to the UK and became Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 2003 and was made a life peer in 2005. On 7 April 2011, Queen Elizabeth II approved Patten's appointment as the Chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Patten held the position until his resignation on grounds of ill-health on 6 May 2014. Patten grew up in an Irish Catholic family in west London, the son of a charming but mostly unsuccessful music publisher whose forebears had come to England from Co"
"a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and a member for each of the Home Nations of the United Kingdom. Appointments to the BBC Trust are made by Queen in Council, on the recommendation of UK government ministers. The final BBC Trust membership comprised: Trustees served for terms of up to five years (usually four), after which they may be re-appointed. Since 2006 the following people were members of the BBC Trust: The trust was originally to be chaired by Michael Grade, the then Chairman of the Board of Governors. However, in November 2006 before the trust formally took over from the Governors"
"Board as a non-executive director and chairman designate on 1 October 2013, and that he would succeed Dick Olver as chairman in the first quarter of 2014. On 20 March 2015 it was announced that Carr had been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the BBC Trust and will serve on the BBC's governing body for 4 years. Carr was knighted in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to business. Roger Carr (businessman) Sir Roger Martyn Carr (born 22 December 1946) is a British businessman, Chairman of BAE Systems. He attended Nottingham High School and graduated with a BA in"
"that her appointment had caused surprise at the BBC, which had expected someone with a higher public profile to get the job. Others considered for the post were Sebastian Coe, the former Chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and former Camelot Group chief executive Dianne Thompson. Fairhead officially took up the BBC Trust role on an acting basis on 9 September 2014, following approval by the House of Commons Select Committee for Culture, Media and Sport. She was formally appointed by the Privy Council of the United Kingdom on 8 October 2014, for a"
"Nicholas Kroll Nicholas Kroll (born 23 June 1954) is the director of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. He is the principal adviser to the BBC Trust and head of the BBC Trust Unit, the BBC department that supports and advises the trust. Kroll was originally appointed director of governance at the BBC in October 2004. His appointment followed a shake up of the governance arrangements at the BBC implemented by the then BBC chairman, Michael Grade. Kroll was appointed to lead the Governance Unit, a small team of staff reporting to and supporting the"
"Janet Lewis-Jones Janet Ann Lewis-Jones (12 May 1950 – 13 May 2017) was a member for Wales on the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 2006 to 2010. She was also formerly a vice president of the British Board of Film Classification and a board member at S4C. On 1 November 2006 Lewis-Jones was appointed as one of the founding members of the BBC Trust, which along with a formal Executive Board replaced the former BBC Board of Governors as the governing body of the BBC. As National Trustee for Wales, Lewis-Jones also chaired the"
"for outstanding services to television. On 1 November 2006 Liddiment was appointed as one of the founding members of the BBC Trust, which along with a formal Executive Board replaced the former BBC Board of Governors as the governing body of the BBC. His term expired on . Liddiment is chairman of the Trust's Audiences and Performance Committee, which monitors the performance of all of the BBC's public services (television, radio and online). In September 2015 Liddiment became a non-executive director of FremantleMedia in the UK. David Liddiment David Liddiment (born 20 September 1952) is Creative Director of the independent"
"deputy secretary. She became Head of Communications for the BBC Trust in 2003, in which capacity she worked for three successive chairmen (Gavyn Davies, Michael Grade, and Sir Michael Lyons). In September 2008 she became the BBC's Head of Corporate Affairs. Stowell was created a Life Peer as Baroness Stowell of Beeston, of Beeston in the County of Nottinghamshire, on 10 January 2011. She was introduced to the House of Lords, where she sits on the Conservative benches, on 13 January 2011. In 2010, Stowell stood as PPC for Bromsgrove and lost to Sajid Javid. On 18 September 2011, Baroness"
"BBC was transferred to the new BBC Board in April 2017. Sir David Clementi became the new Chairman of the Board. The trust was supported by a team of 70 staff, known as the Trust Unit. These staff are independent from the BBC Executive and include specialists in audience research, performance analysis, and finance. The Trust Unit is headed by its Director, Alex Towers. In 2007/08, the BBC Trust cost £11.909 million to run; in 2008/09, £10.517 million; and in 2009/10, £10.502 million, excluding Ofcom fees. The BBC Trust had four Audience Councils, which provide advice to the trust on"
"National Trust to become the next Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in succession to Lord Wilson of Dinton. She was admitted to her new post in October 2012, although was granted a leave of absence until October 2013. She was awarded the degree of Honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Warwick in January 2013. Reynolds became a non-executive director of the BBC in January 2012 and Senior Independent Director in December 2012. She also joined the board of Wessex Water as a non-executive director in August 2012. She married Robert Merrill in 1981 in Rugby. Together, they have"
"Branch (1986 to 1990). Previously, he worked at the Department of Transport (1982 to 1986) and the Department of Environment and Transport (1977 to 1982). Kroll is a graduate of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He is married and has two children. Nicholas Kroll Nicholas Kroll (born 23 June 1954) is the director of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. He is the principal adviser to the BBC Trust and head of the BBC Trust Unit, the BBC department that supports and advises the trust. Kroll was originally appointed director of governance at the BBC in"
"Trust, which also carries the title BBC chairman. He was appointed to the position after Michael Grade left the BBC to become Executive Chairman of rival broadcaster ITV. On 3 August 2007 a House of Lords all-party select committee criticised the way the appointment was handled, saying government ministers had too much influence over his appointment. Lyons dismissed the allegations, pledging ""absolute independence and impartiality"". On 14 September 2010 Lyons announced he had written to Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, to explain that he would serve for only one four-year term and would not seek reappointment in May 2011. He"
"member of the Northern Ireland Office and Pro Chancellor at Queen's University Belfast. On 1 November 2006 Johnston was appointed as one of the founding members of the BBC Trust, which along with a formal Executive Board replaced the former BBC Board of Governors as the governing body of the BBC. Her term expires on 31 October 2010. Until late 2012, Johnston served as BBC National Trustee for Northern Ireland and chaired the BBC Audience Council Northern Ireland, which advises the BBC Trust on the views of Northern Irish licence fee payers. She was also the chair of the Trust's"
"of digital and online UK services between 1995 and 2000. In 2006 she returned to the BBC as a member of the new governing body, the BBC Trust, which took over from the Board of Governors on 1 January 2007. In 2010 she was appointed to a second term on the Trust. After being runner-up for both Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Trust in 2011, Hodgson stood down to take up a role on the board of media regulator Ofcom, where she became Chairman. Hodgson was made a CBE in 1995 and a Dame Commander of the Order of"
"Trust business, and the Vice-Chairman up to 2 days. Other Trustees are expected to spend 1 – 2 days a week. Since 2010 BBC Trust members have been taking an 8.3% reduction in fees (equivalent to one month's pay). In October 2010 the government announced that the fee for the Chairman of the BBC Trust would be reduced from £143,000 to £110,000. In October 2007, the Trust approved the BBC's strategic direction for the next six years, demanding a high quality and more distinctive BBC. The trust has approved several new services, including the iPlayer, HDTV and the Gaelic Digital"
"Foundation since 2011, and was appointed Deputy Chairman of Channel 4 in 2012, a post he was obliged to relinquish upon becoming Director-General of the BBC. On 29 June 2018 Tony Hall was elected as the new President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). On 25 March 2015, Hall decided not to renew ""Top Gear"" presenter Jeremy Clarkson's BBC contract after an internal investigation found that Clarkson had assaulted the programme's producer. Hall and his wife received death threats which the BBC decided were 'credible', and they were subsequently guarded by police. On 28 March, Scotland Yard confirmed that officers"
"Audience Council Wales, an advisory body to the BBC Trust. Janet Lewis-Jones stepped down from the BBC Trust on 31 October 2010. Janet Lewis-Jones Janet Ann Lewis-Jones (12 May 1950 – 13 May 2017) was a member for Wales on the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 2006 to 2010. She was also formerly a vice president of the British Board of Film Classification and a board member at S4C. On 1 November 2006 Lewis-Jones was appointed as one of the founding members of the BBC Trust, which along with a formal Executive Board replaced"
"as a Trustee was extended until 31 July 2010. Tait chairs the Trust's Editorial Standards Committee, which sets the BBC's editorial and content standards and hears appeals against editorial complaints. He was formerly Director of the Centre for Journalism Studies at Cardiff University, but stood down from the role in 2012 to concentrate on research. In 2003 Tait was awarded a CBE for services to broadcast journalism. Richard Tait Richard Graham Tait CBE (born 22 May 1947) is a British journalist and Professor of Journalism at Cardiff University. He has been a member of the BBC Trust, the governing body"
"Board of Governors of the BBC. Upon the formation of the BBC Trust as the governing body of the Corporation, Kroll was appointed Director. He is the head of the Trust Unit, a group of nearly 70 BBC staff that report directly to the BBC Trust, outside of the BBC management chain. In 2010/11 the cost of the Trust Unit was £10.8 million. Prior to working at the BBC, Kroll was a career civil servant; he joined the civil service in 1977. From 2002 to 2004 he was chief operating officer and deputy to the permanent secretary at the Department"
"and her hobbies include flying and scuba diving. Towards the end of her tenure with the Financial Times Group, Fairhead was treated for breast cancer. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year's Honours List for ""services to UK Industry"". Rona Fairhead, Baroness Fairhead Rona Alison Fairhead, Baroness Fairhead (née Haig; born 28 August 1961), is a Minister of State at the Department for International Trade. She was the last Chair of the BBC Trust before its abolition and the first woman to hold the post. Fairhead was born Rona"
"abolished, and that Moore would assume the overall post for all of them, including responsibility for the iPlayer, later in the year. Moore has been a trustee since 2005 of the Grierson Trust, of which she is a Vice-Chair. Moore was made a Fellow of the Royal Television Society in 2016. Moore is married with two children. Her husband is Johann Perry. Charlotte Moore (TV executive) Charlotte Alexandra Moore (born 19 June 1968) is the BBC's Director of Content. She was appointed to this role in early 2016 when she assumed responsibility for all of the BBC's television channels after"
"1981. In 2003, Brinton was awarded an honorary PhD for her contribution to education, skills and learning by Anglia Ruskin University. In November 2013, she was made a Fellow of Birkbeck, University of London. She is Patron of Christian Blind Mission UK, Trustee of the United Kingdom Committee of UNICEF, a Trustee of the Ufi Charitable Trust, and a Director of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd. Beginning her career in the mid 1970s at the BBC as a television floor manager, working on programmes including ""Playschool"", ""Grandstand"" and ""Doctor Who"", Brinton became a Cambridgeshire County Councillor in 1993 and"
"Chitra Bharucha Chitra Bharucha MBE, FRCPath, FRSA, (born 6 April 1945) is a former consultant haematologist and former vice chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. She became the first woman and first South Asian (""Asian"" in British English) to head the BBC Born in Madurai, India, she has lived in the UK since 1972. She was educated at Ewart School, Madras and Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, gaining her medical qualification before moving to the UK in 1972. Between 1981 and 2000, she was consultant clinical haematologist at Belfast City Hospital and"
"BBC Trust from 2011–2014. Currently, he is the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, a post he has held since 2003. Patten served various junior ministerial posts under Margaret Thatcher, including at the Department of Education and Science, before joining the Cabinet in 1989 as Environment Secretary. On the succession of John Major as Prime Minister in 1990, Patten was promoted to become Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He orchestrated the Conservatives' unexpected fourth consecutive general election victory in 1992, but unexpectedly lost his own seat. He then accepted the final (28th) Governorship"
"line that you insult people rather than engage in argument is deeply disturbing"". In March 2005, Jowell announced a new governance system for the BBC: the BBC Trust, to replace the long-established Board of Governors. The trust was introduced in 2007 but in 2012 was shown to be 'not fit for purpose', leading to the resignation of the Director General. In Gordon Brown's reshuffle in June 2007, following his succession as Labour leader and Prime Minister, Jowell was demoted from her position as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. She retained her Olympics portfolio, however, and was also"
"BBC Trust The BBC Trust was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) between 2007 and 2017. It was operationally independent of BBC management and external bodies, and its stated aim was to make decisions in the best interests of licence-fee payers. On 12 May 2016, it was announced in the House of Commons that, under the next Royal Charter, the regulatory functions of the BBC Trust were to be transferred to Ofcom. The trust was established by the 2007 Royal Charter for the BBC, which came into effect on 1 January in that year. The trust, and"
"being overlooked for the position of Chair of the Pearson Group when the post was vacated by the previous incumbent, Marjorie Scardino. Her leaving package was estimated to be worth over £1 million in addition to stock options estimated at over £3 million—a contributing factor to a shareholder revolt at Pearson's annual general meeting in April 2014. In August 2014 Culture Secretary Sajid Javid recommended Fairhead as the preferred candidate for the chairmanship of the BBC Trust, following the departure of Chris Patten, who resigned on health grounds in May. Sources such as ""The Guardian"" and ""The Daily Telegraph"" reported"
"March 2014 she was appointed Education Editor for the BBC but decided not to take up the post after a diagnosis of breast cancer. She has presented and written documentaries for BBC Radio 4 and received an honorary doctorate from City University in January 2015. She has written for the Times, Guardian and the Mail. She is a regular volunteer at a Pupil Referral Unit for children excluded from mainstream school in West London and is now a Founding Trustee of a charity to help raise funds and awareness to support them. In the Autumn of 2015 Marshall gave evidence"