BBC chair Richard Sharp braced for potentially damning report on his appointment

Richard Sharp has faced questions over the decision to appoint him as BBC chair while he helped Boris Johnson secure an £800,000 loan guarantee. Photograph: House of Commons/PA

A potentially damning report on how Richard Sharp was recommended for the job of BBC chair by Boris Johnson is expected to be published on Friday morning.

Sources say the report, by the barrister Adam Heppinstall KC, could prove uncomfortable reading for Sharp.