Dame Elan Closs Stephens is appointed to the role after Richard Sharp resigned earlier this year.
Dame Elan Closs Stephens has been appointed as acting chairwoman of the BBC after Richard Sharp's resignation.after breaking rules over dealings with then-PM Boris Johnson ahead of his appointment.
His position had been scrutinised after it emerged he tried to secure a high-level government meeting for a businessman offering financial help to the former prime minister. Mr Sharp, an ex-investment banker and Conservative Party donor, had already applied for the BBC role when he approached Mr Case, and was given the job a few months later.
Dame Elan, who lives in Aberystwyth, is a native Welsh speaker and served for two terms as chairwoman of Welsh-language broadcaster S4C between 1998 and 2006.
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