Director-General of British Broadcasting Corporation | |
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Member of | BBC Executive board |
Reports to | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Appointer | BBC Trust |
Formation | 1927 |
First holder | John Reith |
Salary | £450,000 |
The Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and (from 1994) editor-in-chief of the BBC.
The position was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC and is now appointed by the BBC Trust.