BBC board member Banerji resigns after Trump documentary edit


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  • Saturday, 22 Nov 2025

FILE PHOTO: The BBC logo outside the BBC Broadcasting House in London, Britain, November 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jack Taylor/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -An independent director on the BBC's board, Shumeet Banerji, has quit on Friday in the wake of what the public broadcaster said was an incorrect edit of a speech by President Donald Trump and which has prompted the threat of a $5 billion lawsuit.

Banerji, who also serves on the board of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries and is a former chief executive of management consultancy Booz & Company, resigned a few weeks before his four-year term was due to end, the broadcaster said.

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