India-born media executive Dr Samir Shah is set to be appointed as the new BBC chairman with effect from 4th March 2024 for a period of 4 years until March 2028.

Appointment

India-born media executive Dr Samir Shah is set to be appointed as the new BBC chairman with effect from 4th March 2024 for a period of 4 years until March 2028. Samir was appointed a CBE for services to Television and Heritage in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours. He was previously made an OBE in the 2000 New Year’s Honours List. Samir was elected a Fellow of the Royal Television Society in 2002. Samir was appointed Visiting Professor of Creative Media at Oxford University in 2019.


     

     

     

 

     


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