Steve Clarke The BBC has appointed BBC Studios CEO and ex-marketing maven Tim Davie as the successor to Tony Hall.Davie is an experienced BBC operator and is believed to have been interviewed formally in the last week for the role, alongside other internal candidate, director of content Charlotte Moore.Hall announced his decision to stand down in January and throughout the appointments process, Davie, briefly acting as director general in 2012, has been the front runner.Davie becomes the 17th director general of the BBC, with an annual salary set at £525,000.
The BBC has said the role’s remuneration has not risen since 2012 and that “this is the level the salary would have been had inflation been applied.”Davie has agreed to take a salary.
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