will be responsible for the operations of five national BBC departments together with the BBC’s regional activities and a total staff complement of over
2,500. He will also sit on the BBC’s Executive Board from 2010. Speaking of Salmon’s appointment last December, the BBC’s Director-General Mark Thompson said: “The appointment of a Director to lead the move to Salford and its subsequent development is a huge step along the path to realising the BBC's ambition to produce half of its output outside of London by 2016.