Morwen Williams is the BBC’s Director of Media Operations, leading more than 950 operations and craft staff in London, Salford, Birmingham, Bristol and beyond.

Previously she was BBC News’s Director of UK Operations, and Deputy UK Editor, leading on major UK special events, and also deputy and output editor in BBC regions in London and Manchester. 

She represents the BBC on the EBU (European Broadcasting Union)  News Committee; was  chair of the World Broadcasting Union International Media Connectivity Group for more than 7 years; a former mentor for RISE (she was the inaugural RISE Woman of the Year 2019); senior fellow of John Schofield Trust for young journalists and a fellow of the Media Transformation Challenge at Harvard University.