Richard Burgess has been Director of BBC News Content since Sept 2022. Richard is responsible for all news content and current affairs within the UK and globally and member of BBC News Board.
Before then he was Interim Head of Newsgathering (Jan-Sept 2022) responsible for all news content and current affairs within the UK and globally and member of BBC News Board.
This period included the start of the war in Ukraine, significant political turbulence in the UK and the death of HM The Queen.
Before then he was Executive Editor for BBC UK News Content (2020-2022), UK News Editor for BBC News (2016-2020) and Head of BBC Sport News ( 2010-2016)