Job: director, BBC news and current affairsAge: 51
Industry: broadcasting
Annual programming budget: £329m
Staff: 3,000
2006 ranking: 17
Helen Boaden’s role as director of BBC News and Current affairs is to control the output broadcasted on the BBC News and current affair documentaries such as ‘NewsNight’ and ‘Panorama’. Appointed by the BBC in 1983, Helen has worked in every aspect of BBC News from BBC Radio 4 ‘Today Programme’ to BBC1’s news bulletin to News 24 to online. She is also the BBC’s first ever female director of BBC News.
Other dates:
- 1997- Appointed as BBC's Head of Business programme's
- 1998- Head of Current Affairs (first female to hold this position)
- 1999- MBA (Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- 2000-2004- Controller of Radio 4 (Radio 4 won Gold Award for station of the Year in 2003 and 2004).
- 2002- Controller of BBC7
She as also been in many other roles including head of TV news Peter Horrocks, Panorama editor Sandy Smith, overseeing the show in its new 30-minute Monday night slot, and Craig Oliver, poached from ITV news to editor the 10 O’clock News on BBC1. In addition her husband Stephen Burley works for the Evening Standard.
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