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Six regional directors will be appointed to lead the following regions: Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Central and South Asia, Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa. The regional directors will be responsible for expanding audiences in their respective regions and establishing clear reporting structures for each of the BBC World Service’s 42 language services.

The executive will lead global content strategy and audience growth for BBC.com and the BBC app, overseeing programming and editorial teams while collaborating with BBC News.

The move strengthens the BBC Studios and U-NEXT partnership to offer a wide range of content across multiple genres to Japanese audiences. Earlier this year BBC Studios and U-NEXT renewed their partnership to include beloved children’s programmes like Sarah and Duck and Go Jetters as well as English language learning series Yakka Dee.

Currently Director of Journalism and Deputy CEO of BBC News, Jonathan Munro will take up the post of BBC News Global Director from September. He also will be Director of the BBC World Service, oversee BBC Monitoring and remain Deputy CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs.

Announced amid evident changes of news consumption habits, a new BBC News Investigations unit is set to be created, and areas such as BBC Verify will be boosted, with new reporting and production roles.