MUMBAI: The BBC's director of strategy and distribution and architect of Freeview, Carolyn Fairbairn has decided to leave the organisation after seven years.
BBC DG Mark Thompson, as quoted in an official release, said, "Carolyn has been the driving force behind some of the BBC's most momentous decisions over recent years. She was an architect of Greg Dyke's One BBC, led the BBC's prescient move to launch Freeview and was the primary author of our manifesto for Charter Review Building Public Value.
"She is one of the most dedicated people in the business and, while I and many colleagues across the BBC will miss her energy and wise counsel, we understand her priority to put her family first," he added.
Carolyn is a member of the BBC's executive board. She was previously on the executive committee led by former BBC DG Greg Dyke and a former director of strategy at BBC Worldwide. There she developed the BBC's plans to maximise commercial opportunities in the UK and around the world.