BBC Worldwide Appoints Non-Executive Director

Thomas Geitner has joined the BBC Worldwide board as a non-executive director. Geitner joined Vodafone in 2000 as an Executive Director with responsibility for global Business Integration. He left the company at the end of last year.

Geitner will advise on new media developments, investments and international growth as BBC Worldwide gears up for major digital business launches over the coming months.

He said: “I am delighted to join the board of BBC Worldwide at this point where the business is setting out to expand its global brand and the range of its products into new media opportunities.”

John Smith, chief executive officer, BBC Worldwide, said: “Thomas’s appointment means we now have our full complement of non-executive directors. His vast experience in telecommunications, particularly mobile services, will be highly valuable as we look to launch more direct to consumer businesses.”

Geitner had held his most recent post at Vodafone from April 2006 and had been a board director there since May 2000.

Prior to Vodafone, Thomas led a number of engineering businesses and later was responsible for telecommunications at RWE Group and was a member of its management board.

BBC Worldwide: www.bbcworldwide.com