Samir Shah to be appointed as next chair of BBC

Veteran TV executive to replace Richard Sharp, who resigned after breaching rules over loan to Boris Johnson

The veteran TV executive Samir Shah is set to be appointed as the next chair of the BBC.

Shah, 71, who has previously served as a non-executive director at the broadcaster and was the co-author of the government's controversial racial disparities report in 2021, has been announced as the culture secretary's preferred candidate" for the three-days-a-week position, which pays a salary of 160,000.