Tim Beech Email & Phone Number

Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, England

Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom

Board Director of charitable broadcasting Trust. Presenter/producer of live radio shows.

Newport, Shropshire

Trustee and Chair of School Governors at charitable trust.

Trained and qualified as an accredited Executive Coach.

Assessor for BJTC accredited courses in the UK.

• Successfully ran Editorial Induction group programmes for all staff across the whole region.
• Developed creative programmes for training in a number of disciplines.
• Represented the region’s training at BBC Regional Board level.

• Led a team of 60+ people winning several industry awards, becoming the best-performing station for audience of all 37 BBC Local Radio services in England.
• Led the BBC’s West Midlands Diversity executive group, achieving significant increases in representation and portrayal across all outlets.
• Responsible for delivering successful creative output across all media platforms – radio, online, local TV, social media.
• Project led a major refurbishment programme which involved stripping the entire building and running the station and its services from a Portakabin for 11 months.
• Achieved the highest staff survey results in England, including a 100% score on “Trust in Management.”
• Successfully represented the BBC and the station both internally and externally with MPs, major external bodies, key influencers/groups and other broadcasting organisations.

Leeds

• Selected to take executive responsibility for the national evening show across all 39 BBC Local Radio stations, achieving audience growth to April 2018.
• Successfully negotiated delicate contract agreements involving dismissal and appointment of new presenter.
• Handled high value tendering process, selection and management of independent production company and staff.

• Led the entire BBC staff in the West Midlands through a major change programme – 5 radio services, online, and regional television.
• Developed creative solutions with staff to issues such as editorial deployment, story sharing (established a Story Centre), data journalism (new Data Journalist role), technical solutions (shared audio and video) and.
• All delivered through careful consultation, listening to and absorbing ideas, winning hearts and minds for change using LEAN approach, distilling ideas and communicating progress, delivering tangible outcomes.

Ba And Ma, Modern History, First

Activities and Societies: Oxford University Broadcasting Society Magdalen College 2nd XI Football Magdalen College Rowing Club Stubbs.

Education record

9 "O" Levels 4 "A" Levels (all Grade A) and one "S" Level (History) Grade 1

Master Of Arts - Ma, Heritage Management, Distinction

Studied part-time 1997-2000 while working for the BBC. The studies were based at the Ironbridge Institute in Coalbrookdale.