Sentence examples for as a director general from inspiring English sources

A senior executive close to both Hall and Yentob said the impact of Thursday's announcement would not be as great as people think, as Yentob will continue to advise Hall, a man he is said to have identified as a director general many years before Hall took on the role.

In fact, Mr. Marchi said, Mr. Supachai's willingness to "throw out solutions" impresses him as "better than having a director general who sticks his finger in the air, and waits to see how the breeze is blowing".

The Foreign Office confirmed only that Dick would join as a director-general, but declined to disclose her precise role or responsibilities.

But what are we to make of 2010's murky settlement, as a beleaguered director general took a 16% cut wrapped up in Welsh/World Service/London Live wrappings?

Born in New Hampshire in the US but educated mainly in the UK – and a friend of Tony Blair at Oxford – Bennett was being touted as a future director general of the BBC ever since 2002, when she was chosen to replace the then Channel 4-bound Mark Thompson as the corporation's director of television.

As revealed in The Guardian last year Thompson had previously picked him out as a future director general.

When he became director of television in 2013, Cohen was tipped as a future director general.

Even back in 1982 I can remember people identifying Thompson as a prospective director general.

Damazer was thought of as a potential director general until his involvement in the David Kelly affair.

Hall joked that a child who mentioned "British content" in the corporation's promotional video for the app had already been identified as a "future director general".

Mr. Mahmood has been identified by Pakistani officials as a former director general of nuclear power plants for the atomic energy agency.