[Add options] What will be true of the next appointed director-general of the BBC after Tim Davie's resignation?

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Context:

The BBC's director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump.

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The Telegraph published details, external of a leaked internal BBC memo on Monday that suggested the Panorama programme edited two parts of the US president's speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riot of January 2021.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vn25d5dq7o

Board members as of 9 November 2025:

Samir Shah

BBC Chair

Tim Davie

Director-General

Shumeet Banerji

Non-executive director

Damon Buffini

Deputy Chair; Chair, BBC Commercial Board

Robbie Gibb

Member for England

Muriel Gray

Member for Scotland

Chris Jones

Non-executive director

Michael Plaut

Member for Wales

Michael Smyth

Member for Northern Ireland

Marinella Soldi

Non-executive director

Leigh Tavaziva

Chief Operating Officer

Caroline Thomson

Senior Independent Director

Deborah Turness

CEO, BBC News and Current Affairs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/whoweare/bbcboard

Executive Committee members as of 9 November 2025:

Tim Davie

Director-General

Kerris Bright

Chief Customer Officer

John Curbishley

Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

Alan Dickson

Chief Financial Officer

Storm Fagan

Chief Product Officer

Tom Fussell

CEO, BBC Studios

Alice Macandrew

Group Corporate Affairs Director

Kate Phillips

Chief Content Officer

Uzair Qadeer

Chief People Officer

Rhuanedd Richards

Interim Nations Director

Leigh Tavaziva

Chief Operating Officer

Deborah Turness

CEO, BBC News and Current Affairs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/whoweare/exco

Update 2025-11-10 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Tim Davie's prior role: Before becoming director-general, Tim Davie was chief executive of BBC Studios, an Executive Committee position (not a Board position).

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