The Board
The membership of the BTSR Board is set out below. In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding on Training Co-regulation, three of the BTSR members are independent and three are from the broadcasting industry. The BTSR board members are part-time. Following the appointment of Peter Block as Executive Director, a new independent board member is currently being sought.
The overall independence of the BTSR is underpinned by appropriate industry and independent representation and expertise.
The Chair
Stephen Whittle - is the chairman of BTSR. Stephen Whittle was Controller Editorial Policy at the BBC from 2001 to 2006 and before that Director of the Broadcasting Standards Commission. His career spans programme production, journalism and training. He is a visiting fellow at the Reuters Institute of Journalism at Oxford University and is a member of the board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority. He is also expert adviser to the Council of Europe on media issues. He was awarded an OBE for services to broadcasting in 2006.
The Executive Director
Peter Block - Until taking up the post of CEO of the BTSR Peter managed a global department in IBM consulting. The team designed and delivered all bespoke learning programmes for the 80,000 staff of the consulting practice of IBM's Global Business Services. Prior to his work at IBM, he held various senior positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting including Principal Consultant in the Entertainment & Media Group. He is visiting Fellow in Media Management at the University of Hertfordshire Business School and a Governor of Oaklands College of Further Education.
Peter began his career in broadcasting as a trainee at Thames TV. He worked as a studio engineer, then freelance sound engineer and production manager. He went on to be an owner/manager of three production companies specialising in location recording, computer graphics and post production. He established and managed a BA and MA in Media Managament at West Herts College. These programmes were supported by his book "Managing in the Media" - an academic text based on his media experience.
The Members
Karen Carlton - Independent Member - is Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland and a member of the board of Trustees of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. In addition, Karen is a member of the selection panel for the BBC Scotland's Audience Council. Karen's career spans both the private and public sectors, in the UK and abroad. Prior to taking up her role as Commissioner, Karen was Managing Director of a firm of management and organisation development consultants, part of a global group, and was the first Executive Director of Investors in People Scotland. Karen is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Marcia Williams - Independent Member - is currently Head of Diversity at the UK Film Council, the lead strategic agency for film in the UK. She is responsible for the development and implementation of the first ever set of innovative and creative diversity strategies for the British Film Industry. Marcia is an equalities and diversity specialist with fourteen years experience working with both the public and private sectors.
Marcia has held a number of senior appointments in the equalities field: head of diversity at HM Treasury, and Senior Policy Advisor, Equality and Diversity at the Law Society of England and Wales. Marcia qualified as a barrister, and is an active member of the General Council of the Bar's Equality and Diversity Committee.
Deborah Baker- Industry Member (Cable & Satellite) - is Director for People at BskyB . She leads Sky's HR team including organisation and people development, talent resourcing and management, and HR services including health and safety, wellbeing and delivery.
Deborah joined Sky from Burberry where she was Senior Vice President, Human Resources Worldwide, responsible for all HR issues across the group, including licensing, wholesale, retail, franchising, manufacturing and distribution. Prior to this she held senior HR positions at Booker, Laura Ashley, Signet Group and Grand Metropolitan.
Diane Herbert - Industry Member (Terrestrial TV) - is the Director of Human Resources at Channel 4 Television. As part of the Executive team at Channel 4, Diane's role includes Organisation Development, Leadership and Internal Talent Management. In her previous role at Walt Disney Company, Diane had management responsibility for a team providing human resources support for more than 6,600 staff in 11 separate business units and spread across three continents. Prior to joining Disney, Diane worked in Human Resources for a variety of blue-chip companies, including Guiness Brewing Worldwide, Motorola and BOC. Diane is on the board of directors for TRC and Skillset Board, Organisation and Performance sub committee and Finance and Audit sub committee.
Michele Romaine - Independent Member - is the Worldwide Director of Consulting for Avid Technology. She was previously an independent media consultant specialising in digital production. Her previous career spanned broadcasting including the BBC (most recently as Director of Production Modernisation where she prepared the organisation for new technologies in programme making), ITN (as Editor and Producer), Independent Local Radio and BBC Radio. She is an advisor to the European NM2 project looking at making new types of content for broadband, and a member of the Concours/Professor Lynda Gratton Organisational Development strategy group.
Lisa Kerr - Industry Member-Radio - is head of External Affairs for The Radio Centre, the venture which promotes and represents commercial radio in the UK. She was previously Managing Director of one of the UK's largest groups of local radio stations and was an award winning radio presenter and producer at Radio Forth and Classic FM. A graduate of the University of York's music department, Lisa previously served on the boards of the Salisbury International Arts Festival and the Canterbury Festival.