The BBC is moving is deputy director of policy and strategy, Kerstin Mogull, to be chief operating officer of its future media and technology division (FM&T) – a move designed to strengthen management control following the £36 million BBC.co.uk 2007/08 overspend.
The new role, reporting to new FM&T controller Erik Huggers, is designed to “focus on the effective management and governance of the division, its partnership with the BBC