Tim Davie Starts New Chapter After Departing from BBC

Tim Davie Named Co-Chair of Creative Industries Council as BBC Tenure Concludes

Tim Davie, the Director General of the BBC, has announced his next role even before officially departing from the network. He will take on the position of co-chair for the Creative Industries Council, succeeding former ITV chair Peter Bazalgette, who will step down on August 1.

In this new role, Davie will work alongside Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and Business Secretary Peter Kyle to address the council’s Sector Plan priorities, which include innovation, access to finance, workforce development, and trade and investment. During his tenure as Director General, Davie’s relationship with Nandy was notably tense, particularly following criticism regarding editorial decisions during the Bob Vylan incident last summer, which led Nandy to label it “a problem of leadership.”

The Creative Industries Council serves as a crucial forum for collaboration between industry leaders and government officials. The chair role is voluntary and unpaid, a position Davie has previously held before Bazalgette. He will co-chair alongside Baroness Shriti Vadera until she concludes her term on December 31.

Davie is set to leave the BBC next week after nearly six years at the helm. His successor, Matt Brittin, the former head of Google EMEA, is expected to take over in May.

Upon his appointment, Davie remarked, “It is a privilege to be asked to Chair the Creative Industries Council and champion a sector that’s a world-class success story for the UK. With the right backing, there’s a huge opportunity for our creative industries to deliver not only significant growth for the UK economy in the years ahead, but good growth that supports jobs and skills in every part of the country. I look forward to working with the government to ensure that this sector will continue to punch well above its weight for the UK.”