My father, Peter Rosier, who has died aged 82 of cancer, worked for the BBC for 25 years, rising to the top of his profession to become head of corporate affairs and press relations.
He joined the BBC in 1968 as publicity officer for TV news and current affairs programmes, including Panorama, from Southern TV, where he had been a publicist since 1965. At the BBC he was promoted to head of radio publicity and head of its information division before taking up the role of head of corporate affairs and press relations.
