Former Paramount Strategy Boss Heading To BBC

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Former Paramount corporate boss John Curbishley is returning to the BBC in a beefed-up strategy and transformation role. Curbishley was previously EVP of Corporate Strategy at Paramount Global, where he spent four years working through the pandemic and shepherding the early days of the merger with ViacomCBS, before leaving last year.

In April, Curbishley will take on the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer post at the BBC, which has been beefed up since the departure of Group Director of Strategy and Performance Gautam Rangarajan.

Curbishley’s new role will see him take a seat on the BBC’s Executive Committee (EC) and bring together the BBC’s strategy and transformation agendas.

It comes at a crucial time, with charter renewal just two years away and the future of the corporation’s funding model very much up for discussion.