Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia
Non-executive director
- As one of the non-exec directors on the BBC Board, Dame Jayne-Ann is responsible for upholding and protecting the independence of the BBC by acting in the public interest and exercising independent judgement.
- She is also responsible for ensuring that the BBC fulfils its mission to inform, educate and entertain and promotes its public purposes.
- Dame Jayne-Ann helps ensure that the Board's decision-making is in the public interest, informed by the best interests of the audience and with appropriate regard to the impact of decisions on the wider media market in the UK.
- Non-executive directors play a key role in ensuring that the BBC maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, particularly with respect to financial reporting, internal control and risk management.
Term of appointment: 3 November 2026 – 2 November 2030
Biography
Jayne-Anne has a portfolio of Non-Executive roles including Chair of the Financial Reporting Council, Lead NED at HMRC and Chair of Moneyfarm.
From 2007 to 2018 she was the CEO of Virgin Money. In 2012 Jayne-Anne led Virgin Money’s acquisition of Northern Rock before listing the combined business in 2014. In 2018, the combined Virgin Money business was sold to CYGB. Following the sale of Virgin Money, Jayne-Anne joined Salesforce from 2019-2021. She left Salesforce to focus on her own fintech, Snoop, which was sold to Vanquis Bank in July 2023.
From 2016 to 2021 Jayne-Anne was the UK Government’s Women in Finance Champion and continues to support and promote the Women in Finance Charter as an advisor. In 2018 she was named Leader of the Year at the Lloyds Bank National Business Awards.
Jayne-Anne was awarded a CBE in the 2014 New Year’s Honours list, made a Dame in the 2019 Honours list and awarded a CVO in the 2022 Birthday Honours List
Expenses and central bookings
Expenses are costs incurred by BBC staff on behalf of the BBC and claimed through the BBC's expenses system.
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Expenses and central bookings for the 2024/25 financial year onwards are available to view here.
Gifts and Hospitality Register
Gifts and hospitality may only be accepted in line with BBC policy.
Declaration of personal interests
Staff must make a declaration of their personal and business interests, including any memberships or directorships of public or industry bodies, and any shareholdings, as well as any interests that their immediate families may also have.
A summary is published where there is something to declare and where there is nothing to declare. Occasionally an individual will have something to declare but due to the personal nature of the declaration we do not publish details as to do so would breach the General Data Protection Regulation.
This information is published annually, although if any amendments are made during the year an updated summary will be published if necessary as soon as it is available.
Downloads
Dame Jayne-Ann Gadhia's Declaration of Personal Interests will be published shortly.
