Press Release

New BBC Governor appointed

18 July 2003

Downing Street today announced that Deborah Bull has been
appointed a Governor of the BBC. Deborah will take up her post
on 1 August 2003 for a four-year term.

She replaces Sir Richard Eyre who left the Board at the end of
May 2003 due to increasing external commitments.

In a statement BBC Chairman, Gavyn Davies, said: "I greatly welcome
the appointment of Deborah Bull and look forward to working with her.

"Richard Eyre's contribution as a Governor with impressive creative credentials was always going to be hard to match, but Deborah's appointment achieves just that."

Deborah Bull

Deborah Bull CBE has been Artistic Director for new, small-scale developmental work at the Royal Opera House (ROH2) since 2002,
and previously was in charge of the ROH Artists' Development
Initiative for three years.

She had a 20-year career with The Royal Ballet until 2001, reaching
the rank of Principal Dancer and touring the world as well as
organising performances.

She has written and presented several programmes and series for the
BBC including The Dancer's Body (2002), Travels with my Tutu (1998),
Breaking the Law (2001), and Law in Order (2002).

Since 1998 she has been a member of Arts Council England and she
served on the board of the South Bank Centre from 1997 to 2003.

She has not undertaken any significant political activity the last five years.

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