Richard Ayre, Esq

Career: BBC 1972-2000: news trainee working on Today prog Radio 4, Radio Solent and Belfast 1972-74, regnl journalist Belfast 1974, reporter Belfast 1975-76, dep news ed NI 1976-79, dep news ed Intake TV News rising to home news ed TV News 1979-82, six month fellowship in broadcast journalism Univ of Chicago 1984-85, ed Special Projects TV News 1985-87, chief asst to Dep Dir News and Current Affrs then to Dir News and Current Affrs 1987-88, head of editorial devpt News and Current Affrs 1988-89, head of BBC Westminster 1990-93, controller Editorial Policy 1993-96, dep chief exec BBC News 1996-2000; conslt in mgmnt and media ethics 2000-, Civil Service cmmr 2005-06; chm Asian and Afro-Caribbean Reporters' Tst 1997-2000, tstee and int bd memb Article 19 - The Global Campaign for Freedom of Expression 1999-2005 (chm 2002-05), memb Bd Food Standards Agency 2000-07, freedom of info adjudicator Law Soc 2001-, bd memb for Eng Ofcom Content Bd 2006-, memb BBC Tst; govr Teachers' TV 2006-08, chm Dairy Partnership 2008-