Education
Davie was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon, and studied English at Selwyn College, Cambridge before joining Procter & Gamble as a trainee in 1991.
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Davie was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon, and studied English at Selwyn College, Cambridge before joining Procter & Gamble as a trainee in 1991.
During his time as acting director-general he oversaw the investigations into British Broadcasting Corporation management and conduct following revelations the broadcaster had known about sexual abuse by Sir Jimmy Savile and then made false accusations against Lord McAlpine. Appointed United Kingdom Marketing Manager for Pepsi Cola in 1993, Davie was subsequently promoted to Vice President, Marketing, Europe and Sub-Sahara Africa, holding several similar appointments, including in the United States, before taking up the Vice President for Marketing and Franchise post. British Broadcasting Corporation
Davie joined the British Broadcasting Corporation as Director of Marketing, Communications and Audiences in April 2005.
He was Director General Mark Thompson"s first senior external appointment.
In June 2008, it was announced that he was replacing Jenny Abramsky, who served at the British Broadcasting Corporation for 39 years before leaving to chair the Heritage Lottery Fund. Appointed Director of Audio & Music, he sat on the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Executive Board with overall responsibility for all of the British Broadcasting Corporation"s national radio networks and the corporation"s music output across all media.
This included British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3 and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4. As well as the British Broadcasting Corporation digital radio stations British Broadcasting Corporation Asian Network, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1Xtra, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 6 Music and British Broadcasting Corporation 7.
The three British Broadcasting Corporation Orchestras based in England.
And The Proms. He also heads up programme making teams across radio and music television British Broadcasting Corporation Audio and Music has an annual programming budget of c.£200 million and a staff of over 1,400.
Davie took over as acting Director-General on 11 November 2012 following the resignation of George Entwistle in the wake of the Newsnight broadcast which did not name any individual but which led to Internet speculation which incorrectly identified Conservative Lord McAlpine in the North Wales child abuse case.
In July 2009 he was on The Guardian"s list of the 100 most influential people in the media. He has been Chairman of Freesat, a director of Freeview and Digital United Kingdom and is currently trustee and Vice Chairman of Children in Need.