John Smith (BBC)

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John Smith (b. August 1957) is the BBC Worldwide's Chief Executive Officer since June 2004. He joined the BBC in 1989, becoming the BBC's Finance Director in 1996.

In April 2000 he became Director of Finance, Property & Business Affairs, adding Property, Procurement and Programme Rights to his portfolio.

In June 2004 he became the BBC's Chief Operating Officer.

He undertook the recent Commercial Review of all the BBC's commercial activities and was responsible in 2004 for the sale of BBC Technology to Siemens Business Services, and in 2005 he led the sale of BBC Broadcast (now known as Red Bee) to Creative Broadcast Services Limited, a Macquarie Company.

In July 2004 John Smith took the helm at BBC Worldwide and was confirmed as CEO in March 2005.

He is a member of the BBC's Executive Board.