Rotha Johnston, CBE is a British entrepreneur in commerce and property. She is the Northern Ireland member of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Johnston is a non-executive Director of Allied Irish Bank and Deputy Chair of Invest Northern Ireland. She is also a non-executive member of the Northern Ireland Office and Pro Chancellor at Queen's University Belfast.[1]
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On 1 November 2006 Johnston was appointed as one of the founding members of the BBC Trust,[2] which along with a formal Executive Board replaced the former BBC Board of Governors as the governing body of the BBC. Her term expires on 31 October 2010.
As the National Trustee for Northern Ireland, Johnston chairs the BBC Audience Council Northern Ireland, which advises the BBC Trust on the views of Northern Irish licence fee payers. She is also the chair of the Trust's Finance and Compliance Committee.
Johnston was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year's Honours List 2005.[3]