Jonathan Munro became interim CEO, BBC News and Current Affairs, in November 2025. He sits on the Director General's Executive Committee. 

Jonathan has responsibility for a team of around 6,000 people, broadcasting to almost half a billion people across the world in more than 40 languages.

He was previously BBC News Global Director. In this role, spanning international services, he was Director of the BBC World Service and oversaw BBC Monitoring. Jonathan was also Deputy CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs.

Jonathan joined the BBC in 2014 and has led BBC News coverage through every major story over the last decade, from Brexit to UK general elections and political upheaval, the Israel/Gaza and Ukraine conflicts and the death of HM The Queen. He led the complex transformation of the BBC's business in India, putting in place a new structure and operating model.

For most of 2022, Jonathan acted as Interim Director of BBC News. During this period, he sat on the BBC Board and the Director General's Executive Committee.

Jonathan is a Trustee of BBC Children in Need, and led a flagship project focusing on mental health support for children and young people across the UK.

He was previously at ITN for 26 years, joining as an editorial trainee and going on to work as a correspondent in the UK, Europe and around the world. Jonathan covered the Balkans war, both Gulf wars and the Beijing and London Olympics. He has worked extensively in the United States, Russia and Africa, and was Europe Correspondent for three years and Political News Editor for two.

Jonathan received an RTS Judges' Award for negotiating the UK's first televised Prime Ministerial debates in 2010.

Jonathan Munro was born in Sheffield and educated at Nottingham University.