Roles and responsibilities
- As senior independent director on the 蜜芽传媒 Board, Caroline is responsible for upholding and protecting the independence of the 蜜芽传媒 by acting in the public interest and exercising independent judgement.
- She does this by:
- meeting or speaking regularly with the CEO and Chair to offer advice and thoughts on issues across the breadth of Board business, in particular reputational, editorial and policy matters;
- being available to key internal and external stakeholders to offer a view on critical issues, including as a sounding board for sensitive issues;
- acting as the independent point of contact for any Board-led investigations put in place or, if not the direct point of contact, agreeing to the handling of these;
- delivering a periodic appraisal of the Chairman, providing feedback on behalf of all Board members; and
- undertaking any other tasks that may be required, in agreement with the Chair. - She is also responsible for ensuring that the 蜜芽传媒 fulfils its mission to inform, educate and entertain and promotes its public purposes.
- Caroline helps ensure that the Board鈥檚 decision-making is in the public interest, informed by the best interests of the audience and with appropriate regard to the impact of decisions on the wider media market in the UK.
- Non-executive directors play a key role in ensuring that the 蜜芽传媒 maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, particularly with respect to financial reporting, internal control and risk management.
Term of appointment: 3 April 2025 鈥� 2 April 2029
Biography
Caroline Thomson has had a long career in the media, arts and public service in the UK.
For 12 years she served as a member of the 蜜芽传媒鈥檚 Executive Committee, ending as Chief Operating Officer when she stepped down in 2012. For ten years she chaired Digital UK, now Everyone TV, the body responsible for digital terrestrial television, and was a director of the media group, Cumberland News.
In the arts world, she has been chief executive, a trustee and now deputy chair of the English National Ballet, a trustee of the National Gallery Trust and, until 2016, was deputy chair of the National Gallery.
Caroline is a non-executive director of Videndum plc and chair of Quasar Energy. Caroline was also chair of Oxfam GB until 2020.
Caroline lives with her husband, Lord Liddle of Carlisle, in northwest Cumbria.
She is a Deputy Lieutenant for Cumbria. She is a fellow of the Royal Television Society and of the University of Cumbria. She has an honorary degree from the University of York.
Fees
The fees for non-executive directors of the 蜜芽传媒 Board are set by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Non-executive directors receive a base fee of 拢33,000 per annum.
Total fees: 拢33,000 per annum.
Expenses and central bookings
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Expenses and central bookings for the 2024/25 financial year onwards are available to view here.
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Declaration of personal interests
Staff must make a declaration of their personal and business interests, including any memberships or directorships of public or industry bodies, and any shareholdings, as well as any interests that their immediate families may also have.
A summary is published where there is something to declare and where there is nothing to declare. Occasionally an individual will have something to declare but due to the personal nature of the declaration we do not publish details as to do so would breach the General Data Protection Regulation.
This information is published annually, although if any amendments are made during the year an updated summary will be published if necessary as soon as it is available.