Former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp is the U.K. government's candidate to become the new chairman of the public broadcaster BBC's board.
The 64-year-old was unveiled late Wednesday as the pick of Boris Johnson's conservative government by culture secretary Oliver Dowden.The official appointment must still be made by Queen Elizabeth II after a parliamentary hearing, but that is usually just a technical hurdle.
Sharp, a donor to the ruling Conservative Party with a track record of an interest in the broader cultural space, will succeed David Clementi, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England and chairman of Prudential and Virgin Money.
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