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Bob Collins was RTÉ Director General 1997-2003. He joined RTÉ in 1975 as secretary to the RTÉ Authority and went on to work in television production in senior editorial roles including as Director of Television Programmes and Director of Corporate Affairs. He was the first Chair of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and has also served on a number of other boards including the National Concert Hall and the Ulster Orchestra. Between 2005 and 2012 he served as the Chief Commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. He is currently the Chairperson of the Irish Policing Authority, which he has been a member of since 2016.

RTÉ Director General, Kevin Bakhurst became Director General of RTÉ in July 2023 following the resignation of Dee Forbes by request of the RTÉ Board in the midst of the Ryan Tubridy payments scandal.
Between 2006 an 2012 Kevin Bakhurst worked in senior editorial and Director level positions in BBC News. In 2012 he moved to work with RTÉ as Managing Director of News & Current Affairs at RTÉ and Deputy Director General from 2012 to 2016. During this time he was a member of the RTÉ Executive and acting Director General for six months.
On leaving RTÉ in 2016 he moved to work with Ofcom, the media regulator in the United Kingdom as Group Director for Broadcasting and Online and was also a member of Ofcom Board. At Ofcom he was responsible for setting Broadcast Strategy and Policy, creating and implementing the regulation framework for the BBC and editorial standards for UK broadcasters. He also led work on the future of Public Service Broadcasting in the UK. He also led work on the Online Safety Policy for the UK.

Head Digital and Radio News Editor,
James McNamara is digital editor for RTÉ News online, in which he will be responsible for all aspects of RTÉ News & Current Affairs digital content, including content on social media platforms. He is originally from Salford in Greater Manchester, has previously worked in print news media for the Manchester Evening News, the Irish Daily Mirror and the Sunday Business Post. He joined RTÉ in 2017 as homepage editor of RTÉ.ie.

Chair of the RTÉ Authority. A media professional and former TG4 Chairperson and Board member, where she was a founding member of the team who established the Irish language station. She was CEO of Ardmore Studios and Troy Studios until 2021 and previously Managing Director with Tyrone Productions. She was Head of Finance with Tribune Newspaper Group. She founded her own independent television company Ikandi Productions and produced several documentaries. Siún is also involved in the animation sector and has executive produced several animated feature films.

RTÉ appoints Will Goodbody as business Editor, The Irish Times (2023), Accessed on 9 October 2023