{"id":572139,"date":"2023-04-28T12:05:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bbc-chair-richard-sharp-resigns-over-boris-johnson-loan-scandal\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T12:05:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:05:57","slug":"bbc-chair-richard-sharp-resigns-over-boris-johnson-loan-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bbc-chair-richard-sharp-resigns-over-boris-johnson-loan-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"#BBC Chair Richard Sharp Resigns Over Boris Johnson Loan Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n The BBC\u2019s under-fire chairman Richard Sharp has resigned following a report that said he breached app<\/a>ointment rules by not fully discovering his role in a loan given to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.<\/p>\n

\n Sharp had faced months of pressure to quit and created a serious headache for the broadcaster after it emerged that, prior to his appointment, he had helped Johnson \u2014\u00a0who was involved in his selection process \u2014\u00a0access to a loan facility reportedly worth around $1 million. This story would gather steam following the BBC\u2019s handling of the impartiality row over Match of the Day<\/em> host Gary Lineker, when major question marks over the government influence over the BBC were raised, particularly surrounding Sharp, a former banker who had worked with current prime minister Rishi Sunak at Goldman Sachs and previously donated more than \u00a3400,000 ($486,000) to the Conservative Party.<\/p>\n

\n The chairman\u2019s resignation comes a month after the former BBC director-general<\/a> John Birt claimed that his appointment should not have stood because he as an \u201cunsuitable candidate\u201d in a \u201cfatally flawed\u201d process.<\/p>\n

\n In a statement, Sharp said that barrister who led the inquiry into his appointment had found that \u201cwhile I did breach the governance code for public appointments, he states that a breach does not necessarily invalidate an appointment,\u201d adding that he had always maintained that \u201cthe breach was inadvertent and not material.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n However, he said he was resigning to \u201cprioritise the interests of the BBC.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Sharp is set to remain as chairman until the end of June, when the process to appoint his success will begin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n