Roles and responsibilities
- June Sarpong is Director, Creative Diversity.
- June is responsible for improving the BBC’s on-air talent portrayal and commissioning, developing strategies to support both on-air and production talent representation and portrayal across the BBC and its partners.
- She also serves as an ambassador and champion for the BBC within the media industry and business and works closely with industry partners to deliver Diamond - an industry-wide monitoring database system which will measure the diversity profile of the workforce on UK productions, on and off air.
- She works for the BBC for three days a week, and attends Executive Committee. Outside the BBC she continues with her other commitments as a broadcaster and thought leader on the media’s creative diversity agenda.
Biography
June joined the BBC in November 2019. She is an internationally renowned broadcaster, writer and campaigner on diversity issues. She started her career as a DJ and presenter on MTV, Kiss FM and for ten years on Channel 4’s T4 youth strand. She has gone on to appear as a panellist on ITV’s Loose Women and now on Sky News’ The Pledge.
Since 2010, she has built a reputation as a leading campaigner on a wide range of diversity and inclusion issues. She is a passionate advocate for change in the workplace and a champion for greater representation throughout the media. She has written two books on diversity issues - Diversify (2017) and The Power of Women (2018) - and co-founded the Women - Inspiration and Enterprise (WIE) Alliance in 2010, an international conference supporting female excellence and empowerment. She also co-founded the Decide Act Now (DNA) summit, promoting discussion and innovation.
Annual remuneration (as at July 2022)
- £215,000-£219,999
June Sarpong does not currently claim expenses or accept gifts and hospitality related to her work at the BBC.
Declaration of personal interests
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