Kamal Ahmed has left the BBC to begin a ‘new media business’ just weeks after he was axed from his £205,000 editorial director role. The BBC axed Mr Ahmed and two others from its news board in February in a ‘modernisation’ plan – leaving it with no ethnic minority members despite a pledge to increase senior management … Read more
The BBC has axed editorial director Kamal Ahmed and four other posts from its news board in a ‘modernisation’ plan – despite pledging to increase diversity last year. An £80 million savings plan saw the job cuts announced by the broadcaster this afternoon. It said it was ‘restructuring’ the board as part of ‘plans to modernise … Read more
The BBC has axed editorial director Kamal Ahmed and four other posts from its news board in a ‘modernisation’ plan – despite pledging to increase diversity last year. An £80 million savings plan saw the job cuts announced by the broadcaster this afternoon. It said it was ‘restructuring’ the board as part of ‘plans to modernise … Read more