Manchester Business School Vital Topics lecture series – The BBC in the 21st Century
6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m., Manchester Business School A talk by Caroline Thomson, chief operating officer, BBC. Caroline Thomson was appointed as chief operating officer of the BBC in 2006, having previously held the positions of deputy director of the BBC’s World Service and director of policy and legal. She is a member of the BBC’s Executive Board and reports to the Director-General. Caroline has responsibility for the BBC’s strategy, policy, legal, distribution and business continuity functions as well as all of the BBC’s property plans. She is the executive director accountable for the BBC’s major infrastructure projects: digital switchover, the move to Salford and the development of the BBC’s two major sites in central and west London.