Report expected imminently will detail how Sharp came to be recommended for job by Boris Johnson
A potentially damning report on how Richard Sharp was recommended for the job of BBC chair bySources say the report, by the barrister Adam Heppinstall KC, could prove uncomfortable reading for Sharp.
The former Conservative party donor was appointed in 2021, and it subsequently emerged that he had failed to reveal while applying that he had helped an acquaintance seeking to offer a secret £800,000 personal loan guarantee for Johnson. MPs have criticised Sharp for “significant errors of judgment” in failing to declare the potential conflict of interest, and the commissioner for public appointments launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding him getting the job.that the report was expected to be “very uncomfortable” for Sharp, potentially placing his future as BBC chair in doubt.
Details remain limited, however. Under the protocol for such reports, in which individuals are likely to have been criticised, those involved such as Sharp will have been shown the finished document in advance, but with circulation otherwise very restricted.
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