The chief executive of the BBC’s international charity BBC Media Action is retiring in spring 2023 after 13 years in the role.
Caroline Nursey OBE has overseen the charity’s growth to have a footprint supporting independent media in 22 countries and annual income of nearly £40m.
Nursey said: “Through the Ebola outbreaks in West Africa, the Nepal earthquakes of 2015, the pandemic, the prospect of a freer society in Afghanistan before falling to the Taliban, and now through the war in Ukraine, our dedicated staff and our partners continue to ensure that trusted information – more needed and precious than ever – is brought to our audiences, when and where they need it most, so that they can make sense of events, adapt, and create a better life for their families.
“Some of my most enduring memories come from visits to our country offices – sitting under a mango tree in South Sudan, in a community without mobile phones, TVs or radios, listening to our health programme on a wind-up radio and hearing families discuss the information afterward. It reminds me that, even as digital media advances, we are still able to reach people when no other media can.
“I will miss BBC Media Action tremendously and I am very proud of all we have accomplished together.”
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