BBC Director-General Lord Hall’s £455,000 salary is revealed as he tops list of more than 100 senior executives and backroom staff who earned over £150k last year

Over 100 BBC fatcats are paid more than the Prime Minister, a report into the corporation’s bloated pay structure reveals today.

As well as the attention-grabbing salaries of presenters and TV stars, the broadcaster’s annual report shows the number of executives on more than £150,000 has increased over the last year.

A total of 98 corporate staff earned over £150,000, with nine others earning that much before they left in the last year. The Prime Minister earns £150,000.

Lord Hall, the director general, is the highest earning executive, on more than £450,000. 

The huge wage bill will add to the calls of critics who say the BBC is spending too much on pay at a time when they are bringing back the licence fee for pensioners.

BBC director-general Lord Hall remained in the same wage bracket as he was last year, earning between £450,000 and £455,000

Here is the full list of BBC bosses paid over £150,000…

Director-General

Tony Hall – £450,000 – £454,999

Executive committee

Charlotte Moore – Director Content – £370,000 – £374,999

Francesca Unsworth Director, News and Current Affairs £340,000 – £344,999

Ken MacQuarrie Director, Nations and Regions – £325,000 – £329,999

Glyn Isherwood Chief Financial Officer – £315,000 – £319,999

Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth Chief HR Officer – £310,000 – £314,999

Matthew Postgate Chief Technology and Product Officer – £310,000 – £314,999

James Purnell Director, Radio and Education – £305,000 – £309,999

Kerris Bright Chief Customer Officer – £280,000 – £284,999

Bob Shennan Group Managing Director – £275,000 – £279,999

Sarah Jones Group Legal Counsel – £270,000 – £274,999

John Shield Director, Communications and Corporate Affairs – £225,000 – £229,999

David Jordan Director, Editorial Policy and Standards – £175,000 – £179,999

Clare Sumner Director, Policy – £170,000 – £174,999

Gautam Rangarajan Director, Strategy Corporate Functions – £170,000 – £174,999

Corporate

Bal Samra Group Commercial Director £325,000 – £329,999

Shirley Cameron Group Financial Controller – £210,000 – £214,999

Dale Haddon HR Director – £205,000 – £209,999

Balram Veliath Director, Quality, Risk and Assurance – £205,000 – £209,999

Gillian Taylor Director, Reward – £200,000 – £204,999

Anna Gronmark HR Director, News and Current Affairs £195,000 – £199,999

Joe Godwin Director, Academy – £190,000 – £194,999

Peter Ranyard Director, Corporate Legal – £190,000 – £194,999

Noel Scotford Director, HR Systems and Business Analytics – £175,000 – £179,999

Rachel Currie HR Director, Content, Radio and Education – £170,000 – £174,999

Claudia Giles Legal Director – £170,000 – £174,999

Chris Rowsell Head of Regulation – £170,000 – £174,999

Phil Harrold Company Secretary – £165,000 – £169,999

Wendy Aslett HR Director, Nations and Regions – £165,000 – £169,999

Claire Paul Senior Head of Leadership and Development – £160,000 – £164,999

Sarah Gregory Director, HR Operations – £160,000 – £164,999

Catherine Hearn Director, Resourcing – £160,000 – £164,999

Isabel Begg Head of Commercial Rights and Business Affairs – £155,000 – £159,999

Tim Cavanagh Director, Workplace – £155,000 – £159,999

Alexis Hawkes Legal Director – £155,000 – £159,999

Pipa Doubtfire Director, Revenue Management – £155,000 – £159,999

Alan Bainbridge Director, Corporate Real Estate – £150,000 – £154,999

Jessica Cecil Director Design and Engineering – £150,000 – £154,999

Design and engineering

Matt Grest Director, Platform – £210,000 – £214,999

Stuart Page Director, Product and Systems – £200,000 – £204,999

Robin Pembrooke Director, Product and Systems – £200,000 – £204,999

Chris Condron Director, Product and Systems – £190,000 – £194,999

Kieran Clifton Director, Distribution and Business Development – £185,000 – £189,999

Jatin Aythora Chief Architect – £185,000 – £189,999

Andy Baker Director, Engineering Operations – £185,000 – £189,999

Andy Conroy Controller, Research and Development – £180,000 – £184,999

Gary Payne Chief Information Security Officer – £180,000 – £184,999

Sarah Hayes Director, BBC Archives – £165,000 – £169,999

Richard Cooper Controller, Digital Distribution – £160,000 – £164,999

Andrew Kaczor Finance and Operations Director – £160,000 – £164,999

Mike Ford Programme Director – £160,000 – £164,999

Claire Hetherington Head of Product – £155,000 – £159,999

John Parrott Head of Architecture Marketing and Audiences – £150,000 – £154,999

Marketing

Nick North Director, Audiences – £170,000 – £174,999

Justin Bairamian Director, BBC Creative Nations and Regions – £170,000 – £174,999

Nations and regions

Ian Haythornthwaite Chief Financial and Operating Officer – £240,000 – £244,999

Donalda MacKinnon Director, Scotland – £180,000 – £184,999

Rhodri Talfan Davies Director, Wales – £180,000 – £184,999

Peter Johnston Director, Northern Ireland – £175,000 – £179,999

Chris Burns Senior Head of Local Radio Commissioning – £150,000 – £154,999

Steve Carson Senior Head of Multi-Platform Commissioning – £150,000 – £154,999

Content

Piers Wenger Controller, Drama Commissioning – £245,000 – £249,999

Dan McGolpin Controller, iPlayer and Programming – £215,000 – £219,999

Alison Kirkham Controller, Factual Commissioning – £215,000 – £219,999

Barbara Slater Director, Sport – £215,000 – £219,999

Shane Allen Controller, Comedy Commissioning – £215,000 – £219,999

Patrick Holland Controller, BBC Two and BBC Four – £215,000 – £219,999

Kate Phillips Controller, Entertainment Commissioning – £210,000 – £214,999

Rose Garnett Director, BBC Films – £205,000 – £209,999

Lucy Richer Senior Commissioning Editor, Drama – £175,000 – £179,999

Tom McDonald Head of Specialist Factual Commissioning – £175,000 – £179,999

Cassian Harrison Channel Editor, BBC Four – £170,000 – £174,999

Philip Bernie Head of TV Sport – £170,000 – £174,999

Fiona Campbell Controller, BBC Three – £165,000 – £169,999

David Brindley Head of Popular Factual Commissioning – £160,000 – £164,999

Clare Sillery Head of Documentary Factual Commissioning – £155,000 – £159,999

Jo Wallace Senior Commissioning Editor, Entertainment News and Current Affairs – £150,000 – £154,999

News and current affairs

Kamal Ahmed Editorial Director – £205,000 – £209,999

Jamie Angus Director, World Service Group – £195,000 – £199,999

Alan Dickson Chief Financial and Operating Officer – £195,000 – £199,999

Jonathan Munro Head of Newsgathering – £175,000 – £179,999

Mary Hockaday Controller, World Service English – £170,000 – £174,999

Gavin Allen Head of News Programmes – £170,000 – £174,999

Sarah Ward-Lilley Managing Editor – £165,000 – £169,999

Joanna Carr Head of Current Affairs – £155,000 – £159,999

James Gray Deputy Head of Current Affairs – £155,000 – £159,999

Jon Zilkha Senior Project Director Radio and Education – £150,000 – £154,999

Radio and education

Graham Ellis Controller, Radio Production – £210,000 – £214,999

Alice Webb Director, Children’s – £210,000 – £214,999

Ben Cooper Controller, Radio 1, 1Xtra and Asian Network – £200,000 – £204,999

Gwyneth Williams Controller, Radio 4 – £195,000 – £199,999

Charlotte Lock Launch Director, Sounds – £185,000 – £189,999

Cheryl Taylor Head of Content, Children’s – £180,000 – £184,999

Alan Davey Controller, Radio Three – £175,000 – £179,999

Helen Bullough Head of Children’s Production – £170,000 – £174,999

Jonathan Wall Controller, 5 Live – £165,000 – £169,999

Rhona Burns Finance and Operations Director – £160,000 – £164,999

Former Staff

Anne Bulford Deputy Director-General – £435,000 – £439,999

Richard Dawkins Chief Financial and Operating Officer – £200,000 – £204,999

Neelay Patel Director, Product and Systems – £200,000 – £204,999

Damian Kavanagh Controller, BBC Three – £190,000 – £194,999

Elizabeth Kilgarriff Senior Commissioning Editor (Drama) – £170,000 – £174,999

Mark Friend Controller, Editorial Projects – £160,000 – £164,999

Colin Burns Chief Design Officer – £150,000 – £154,999

Adrian Van Klaveren Head of Strategic Change and Portfolio Management – £150,000 – £154,999

Tunde Ogungbesan Head of Diversity and Inclusion – £150,000 – £154,999

 

 

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