BBC Chair-Designate Quizzed on Brexit, Diversity, Pay Gap, Political Donations
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hollywoodreporter.comBBC chairman-designate Richard Sharp, a former Goldman Sachs banker, faced questions from a committee of the British parliament on Thursday that ranged from the U.K.
public broadcaster's Brexit coverage, impartiality and popular shows to its gender pay gap and diversity initiatives. And he was quizzed about his closeness to the ruling political party and his donations to it over the year.
Sharp, who was recently named the U.K. government's preferred candidate for the role at the public broadcaster, appeared in a virtual hearing with a committee of the House of Commons in London before his appointment is made official by Queen Elizabeth II, which is usually just a technical hurdle.
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