A former Google executive has been confirmed as the BBC’s new director general.
Fifty-seven-year-old Matt Brittin, ex-president of Google’s Europe, Middle East and Africa operations, will replace Tim Davie who announced his resignation in November after a storm over how Panorama edited a speech by US President Donald Trump.
The BBC’s Noor Nanji tells us more about who Matt Brittin is and what he might bring to the role often dubbed the hardest in British media.
