BBC Trust

The DCMS has today announced the appointment of Sir Roger Carr, Mark Damazer and Mark Florman as BBC Trustees. Sir Roger Carr will be Vice-Chairman of the Trust. Mark Florman will be the Trustee for England.

These appointments are made by Her Majesty The Queen by Order in Council, on advice from Ministers at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) through the Prime Minister.

Mark Damazer and Mark Florman will take up their roles on 1 April 2015 for a four year term.

Sir Roger Carr will take up the role as Vice-Chairman of the BBC Trust on 1 May 2015 for a four year term.

You can read the DCMS release here.

Rona Fairhead, Chairman of the Trust said:

“These are three really strong appointments to the Trust and, with their top level experience built up across a range of backgrounds, they will be invaluable in helping ensure the licence fee payers’ perspective is brought to bear as we enter Charter Review. I look forward to working with them.”

Notes to Editors

The appointments follow the departure of Alison Hastings and David Liddiment in October 2014 at the end of their terms of appointment, and the forthcoming end of Vice-Chairman Diane Coyle’s term of appointment in April 2015.

Sir Roger Carr is currently Chairman of BAE Systems Plc. He has held a number of senior roles in British businesses, including as CEO of Williams Plc; and Chairman of Thames Water (1998-2000), Mitchells & Butler (2002-2008) and Cadbury (2008-2013). He was Deputy Chairman of the Bank of England (2007-2014); President of the CBI (2011-2013), and Chairman of Centrica Plc (2004-2013). Sir Roger was knighted for Services to Business in 2011. He is a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group and a senior advisor to private equity company KKR.

Mark Damazer is currently Master of St Peter’s College, Oxford. He was Controller of BBC Radio 4 and 4 Extra (2004-2010). He began his career as a trainee at ITN, before joining the BBC World Service in 1981. He worked at TV-AM returning to the BBC, where he held various posts in BBC News including Head of Current Affairs (1996-1998); Head of Political Programmes (1998-2000) and Deputy Director of BBC News (2000-2004). He is a Trustee of Victoria and Albert Museum. He was previously Vice-Chair of the International Press Institute.

Mark Florman was the co-founder and CEO of the merchant banking firm Maizels Westerberg. He has held a range of senior roles including as co-founder and Managing Partner of 8 Miles LLP (2008-2011); Managing Director of European private equity firm Doughty Hanson & Co (2001-2008); Chairman of LM Glasfiber (2003-2006); and Chief Executive of the British Venture Capital Association (2011-2013). He is currently the Chairman of The Centre for Social Justice, which he co-founded in 2004 and of the advisory firm Spayne Lindsay LLP. In 2011, he co-founded The Legacy List to drive community development in Stratford following the London 2012 Olympics. In 2014, Mark Florman was a member of the G8 Social Impact Investment taskforce and the Triennial Review Group for the Big Lottery Fund.