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<p>As per the BBC Charter, the Chair and Nations Members of the BBC Board are appointed
by Her Majesty the Queen, via Order in Council, following a fair and open competition.
All other members of the BBC Board are appointed by the BBC.</p><p>Upon appointment,
the Governance Code requires that any significant political activity undertaken by
an appointee in the last five years is declared. This is defined as including holding
office, public speaking, making a recordable donation or candidature for election.
As per the Governance Code on Public Appointments, ‘political activity should not
affect any judgement of merit nor be a bar to appointment’.</p><p>The BBC Board’s
Code of Practice also requires members of the BBC Board to publicly declare their
personal interests (including any political interests), and to regularly update this
declaration. The BBC publishes each Board member’s Declaration of Personal Interests
annually via its website: https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/whoweare/bbcboard.</p><p>Those
BBC Board Members appointed by Her Majesty the Queen made the following declarations
upon appointment:</p><ol><li><p><strong>Chair:</strong> Richard Sharp declared he
had made one political donation to the Conservative Party of £2,500 during the past
five years at time of appointment.</p></li></ol><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Scotland:</strong>
Steve Morrison declared no such political activity during the past five years at time
of appointment.</p></li></ol><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>England:</strong> Sir Robbie
Gibb declared that between 2017 and 2019 he was Director of Communications at No10
Downing Street during the past five years at time of appointment.</p></li></ol><ol
start="4"><li><p><strong>Wales:</strong> Dame Elan Cross Stephens declared no such
political activity during the past five years at time of initial appointment in 2017
and reappointment in 2021.</p></li></ol><ol start="5"><li><p><strong>Northern Ireland:</strong>
This role is currently vacant.</p></li></ol><p> </p>
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