Samir Shah | |
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| Born | 29 January 1952 Aurangabad, India |
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| Office | Chair of the BBC |
| Term | 4 March 2024 |
| Predecessor | Dame Elan Closs Stephens |
| Awards | _Ribbon.png){kind=small} CBE |
Dr Samir Shah, CBE (born 29 January 1952), is an Indian–British television and radio executive. He has worked for London Weekend Television, the BBC, and is the chief executive of Juniper TV (his own one man band company) a British company.[1] In 2021, he co-authored the UK government's Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report.[2]
On 6 December 2023, Lucy Frazer, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, put Shah forward to be the next Chairman of the BBC.[2]
- ^ BBC Press Office 2007.
- ^ a b Grierson, Jamie; Topping, Alexandra; Stacey, Kiran (6 December 2023). "Samir Shah to be appointed as next chair of BBC". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 December 2023.