Broadcast Training & Skills Regulator
Working with you to build a skilled and diverse workforce
Board Members
The membership of the BETR Board is set out below. In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding on Training Co-regulation, three of the BETR members are independent and three are from the broadcasting industry. The BETR board members are part-time.
The overall independence of the BETR is underpinned by appropriate industry and independent representation and expertise.
The Chair
Stephen Whittle - is the Chair of BETR. Stephen Whittle was Controller of Editorial Policy at the BBC from 2001 to 2006 and before that Director of the Broadcasting Standards Commission. His career spans programme production, journalism and training. He is a visiting fellow at the Reuters Institute of Journalism at Oxford University, a member of the board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and a member of the Governing Body of the General Medical Council. He is also expert adviser to the Council of Europe on media issues. He was awarded an OBE for services to broadcasting in 2006.
The Executive Director
Peter Block - Until taking up the post of CEO of the BETR Peter managed a global department in the Business Consulting Services of IBM. Prior to IBM, he held several posts in PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting including that of Principal Consultant in the Entertainment & Media Practice. He is visiting Fellow in Media Management at the University of Hertfordshire Business School and a Governor of Oaklands College of Further Education.
Peter began his career in broadcasting as a trainee at Thames TV. He worked as a studio engineer, then freelance sound engineer and production manager. He went on to be an owner/manager of three production companies specialising in location recording, computer graphics and post production. He established and managed a BA and MA in Media Management at West Herts College. His academic text "Managing in the Media" was written to support these programmes.
The Members
Karen Carlton - Independent Member - is Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland and a member of the board of Trustees of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. In addition, Karen is a member of the selection panel for the BBC Scotland's Audience Council. Karen's career spans both the private and public sectors, in the UK and abroad. Prior to taking up her role as Commissioner, Karen was Managing Director of a firm of management and organisation development consultants, part of a global group, and was the first Executive Director of Investors in People Scotland. Karen is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Michele Romaine - Independent Member - is currently an Independent Consultant formerly the Worldwide Director of Consulting for Avid Technology. Her previous career spanned broadcasting including the BBC (most recently as Director of Production Modernisation where she prepared the organisation for new technologies in programme making), ITN (as Editor and Producer), Independent Local Radio and BBC Radio. She is an advisor to the European NM2 project looking at making new types of content for broadband, and a member of the Concours/Professor Lynda Gratton Organisational Development strategy group.
Marcia Williams - Independent Member - Marcia is an equalities and diversity specialist with fifteen years experience working with both the public and private sectors, and currently leading her own diversity services consultancy. Marcia has held a number of senior appointments in the equalities field: Head of Diversity at the UK Film Council, Head of Diversity at HM Treasury, and Senior Policy Advisor, Equality and Diversity at the Law Society of England and Wales. Marcia qualified as a barrister, and is an active member of the General Council of the Bar's Equality and Diversity Committee.
Deborah Baker - Industry Member (Cable & Satellite) - is Director for People at BSkyB . She leads Sky's HR team including organisation and people development, talent resourcing and management, and HR services including health and safety, wellbeing and delivery.
Deborah joined Sky from Burberry where she was Senior Vice President, Human Resources Worldwide, responsible for all HR issues across the group, including licensing, wholesale, retail, franchising, manufacturing and distribution. Prior to this she held senior HR positions at Booker, Laura Ashley, Signet Group and Grand Metropolitan.
Andy Doyle - Industry Member (Terrestrial TV) -- joined ITV in 2007, from the construction and support services industry. Never having worked in the media sector before, he now leads all of ITV’s HR activity, with a key focus on supporting the company through a period of massive structural change.
Throughout his career, Andy has supported and led organisations in delivering significant change and has extensive experience in developing solutions that have driven real commercial value. He has held both HR and General Management roles in both the UK and internationally, in sectors as diverse as leisure retailing, technology, construction and real estate.
Andy is a graduate of Loughborough University, a Chartered Director and a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD.
Lisa Kerr - Industry Member (Radio) - is Director of External Affairs at RadioCentre, the venture which promotes and represents commercial radio in the UK. She was previously Managing Director of one of the UK's largest groups of local radio stations and was an award winning radio presenter and producer at Radio Forth and Classic FM. A graduate of the University of York's music department, Lisa previously served on the boards of the Salisbury International Arts Festival and the Canterbury Festival. Lisa is a director of the Broadcast Council for Advertising Practice, serves on Skillset's Sector Board for Radio, is vice chairman of Scottish Opera and a governor of Gordonstoun Schools.