Peter Horrocks

London

Former Director of the BBC World Service

Peter Horrocks CBE is a broadcast executive and a former Vice-Chancellor (chief executive) of The Open University. He enjoyed a distinguished 33-year career with the BBC, culminating in five years as Director of the BBC World Service. His other BBC roles included editor of flagship BBC programmes Newsnight and Panorama, Head of Multimedia, Head of TV News and Head of BBC Current Affairs.

Horrocks now sits at the Content Board of Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, and the Editorial Oversight Board of N1, the leading provider of independent news in Serbia and other countries in the Western Balkans.