BBC staff’s shock as Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth, who was tasked with sorting out the corporation’s gender pay gap, quits her role

• Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth, tasked with fixing the BBC’s gender pay gap, has quit
• She follows Anne Bulford, former deputy director general, who also left the BBC
• Staff are said to be furious that the women have quit when the BBC is under investigation for discrimination by Equality and Human Rights Commission

HR chief Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth will step down in the autumn to ‘pursue a variety of non-executive and consultancy roles’

The woman in charge of sorting out the BBC’s gender pay gap has quit, sparking anger among staff that she is not staying to fix the problem.

HR chief Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth will step down in the autumn to ‘pursue a variety of non-executive and consultancy roles’. 

She follows Anne Bulford, the former deputy director general, who also left the BBC to pursue a so-called ‘portfolio career’ in the spring.

The departures leave just five women – and a vacancy – on the BBC’s 16-person board, despite pledges to boost female representation. 

Staff are said to be furious that the women have quit at a time when the Corporation is under investigation for discrimination by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

A BBC spokesman said: ‘Under Valerie’s leadership the BBC’s gender pay gap reduced by a fifth last year. 

‘We’ve resolved more than 85 per cent of pay queries raised by staff and the National Audit Office recently acknowledged the major reforms we’ve made.’

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A BBC spokesman said: ‘Under Valerie’s leadership the BBC’s gender pay gap reduced by a fifth last year’

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