“Energy” and “resilience” were identified by outgoing BBC boss Tim Davie today as the key traits required of his successor.
Davie is stepping down from his Director General role after nearly six years and when considering the sort of person who should replace him, he said the thinking should not be around “technical things,” but character.
“At the end of the day this isn’t for the faint hearted,” said Davie. “I worry about where public life is going, it is brutal and can be very personal.”
Therefore, his successor, of which we understand there are two or three names left in the frame including former Google EMEA boss Matt Brittin, should “have the energy to do it, skipping to the office saying, ‘I just lucked out here’.”
“A few air miles before you arrive in [BBC HQ] Broadcasting House,” would be helpful, he added, whether
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