Kevin Bakhurst
Kevin Bakhurst | |
|---|---|
 Bakhurst in 2017 | |
| Director General of RTÉ | |
| Assumed office 10 July 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Dee Forbes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1965 (age 58) |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Website | Personal Twitter |
Kevin Bakhurst(born December 1965) is an English journalist and media executive who has been theDirector General of RTÉ,the Irishnational broadcaster,since July 2023. He previously served as the managing director ofnews and current affairsand deputy Director General at RTÉ from 2012 to 2016, and before that as group director of content and media policy at the UK regulatorOfcom.
Career
[edit]Bakhurst attendedHaberdashers' Aske's SchoolinElstreeand thenSt John's College,Cambridgewhere he read French and German. After a brief spell of working atPrice Waterhouse,he joined the BBC in 1989, first as a researcher and then as an assistant producer at theBBCBusiness and Economics Unit.
In 1990 he was promoted to producer of theBBC Nine O'Clock News,where he remained until he moved toBrusselsin 1994 to gain further experience for BBC News. In 1996, after two years in Brussels, he returned to the UK to become the assistant editor on theBBC Nine O'Clock News,remaining with the programme when it became theBBC Ten O'Clock News.From 2001 to 2003 he was an editor at the BBC News channel, and followed that by being named acting editor of theBBC Ten O'Clock News.He was then confirmed as the permanent editor of the programme in March 2004. During his two years as editor of theBBC Ten O'Clock Newsit won twoBaftasfor its coverage of theMadrid Bombingsand the2005 London Tube bombings,and aRoyal Television Societyaward for News Programme of The Year. He was formerly the controller of theBBC Newschannel, a position he held from December 2005 until September 2012,[1]and was also controller of the BBC News at One bulletin. In May 2010 he became deputy head of the BBC Newsroom.
From September 2012 to October 2016, Bakhurst was the managing director of news and current affairs atIreland's national public service broadcaster RTÉ.[2]He also served as acting Director General for a six-month period.[3]
In April 2023, RTÉ announced the appointment of Bakhurst as the nextDirector General of RTÉfrom July following an extensive and competitive recruitment process.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Peters, Rick (2006).Who's who in the media.p. 11.ISBN978-0-85265-055-4.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^"Kevin Bakhurst named new RTÉ MD for News and Current Affairs".RTÉ News.RTÉ. 10 July 2012.Retrieved10 July2012.
- ^"RTÉ Appoints Kevin Bakhurst as Next Director General".RTÉ. 18 April 2023.Retrieved18 April2023.
- ^Crowley, Sinead (18 April 2023)."Kevin Bakhurst confirmed as new RTÉ Director General".RTÉ News.Retrieved18 April2023.
External links
[edit]- "Kevin Bakhurst: Profile".BBCPress Office. October 2006.