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Evening Standard
Casey Cooper-Fiske

BBC chairman Samir Shah says Tim Davie had board’s ‘unanimous’ support

BBC chairman Samir Shah has said Tim Davie had ‘unanimous’ support as director-general (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Archive)

BBC chairman Samir Shah has said that director-general Tim Davie had the “unanimous” support of the corporation’s board prior to his resignation.

In a letter in response to a Culture, Media And Sport Committee evidence session, which saw him questioned by MPs alongside former editorial adviser Michael Prescott and board member Sir Robbie Gibb, the 73-year-old said Mr Davie had been an “outstanding” director-general.

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