BBC CHAIRMAN RICHARD SHARP RESIGNS OVER REPORT INTO APPOINTMENT – The report found he breached the governance code for public appointments
The report found he breached the governance code for public appointments by not disclosing his involvement.
Mr Sharp said the breach was “inadvertent and not material”.
The report, by barrister Adam Heppinstall, was published on Friday morning.
He was appointed by the Commissioner of Public Appointments to investigate claims which appeared in the Sunday Times.
The report found “there is a risk of a perception that Mr Sharp was recommended for appointment” because he sought to assist the PM in a private financial matter “and/or that he influenced the former Prime Minister to recommend him by informing him of his application before he submitted it”.
The report did not make a judgement “on whether Mr Sharp had any intention of seeking to influence the former Prime Minister in this manner”.
Mr Sharp said the report finds he did not play “any part whatsoever in the facilitation, arrangement, or financing of a loan for the former Prime Minister”.