Rotha Johnston

Rotha Johnston, CBE is a British entrepreneur in commerce and property. Until late 2012 she was the Northern Ireland member of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Johnston is a non-executive Director of Allied Irish Bank and Deputy Chair of Invest Northern Ireland. She is also a non-executive member of the Northern Ireland Office and Pro Chancellor at Queen's University Belfast.[1]

BBC

On 1 November 2006 Johnston was appointed as one of the founding members of the BBC Trust,[2] which along with a formal Executive Board replaced the former BBC Board of Governors as the governing body of the BBC. Her term expires on 31 October 2010.

Until late 2012, Johnston served as BBC National Trustee for Northern Ireland and chaired the BBC Audience Council Northern Ireland, which advises the BBC Trust on the views of Northern Irish licence fee payers. She was also the chair of the Trust's Finance and Compliance Committee. She was replaced by Aideen McGinley, formerly the Chief Executive of ILEX.

Honours

Johnston was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours List.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Queen's University Belfast Corporate Structure
  2. ↑ BBC Press Release New BBC Trust to represent the public interest
  3. ↑ BBC News (2005-12-31). "Industrialist knighted in honours". Retrieved 2008-07-31.
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