The BBC’s creative director denied financial mismanagement at charity of which he was chair. But he has not addressed why advice to build up reserves was ignoredHe began the week looking forward to a smash in Tuscany and ended it barely containing his emotions as he jabbed a finger at the Channel 4 presenter Matt Frei and refused to resign his position at the BBC. For Alan Yentob,the creative director of the BBC and chair of trustees for the charity Kids Company for 18 years – a man who in a long career at the corporation has remained determinedly unruffled – it has been a long seven days.
As chair of the charity at the centre of a media storm for weeks, he has come under growing pressure to clarify how Kids Company came grinding to a halt this week, or leaving thousands of children in a vacuum of care. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com