B itish
P ime
Mi iste
A dy
Bu ham
has
appoi ted
I dia -o igi
st ategist
a d
fo me
BBC
executive
Gautam
Ra ga aja
as
a
Expe t
Advise
o
St uctu e
a d
P ocess
i
a
ewly
c eated
ole
at
10
Dow i g
St eet.Ra ga aja ,
who
b i gs
decades
of
expe ie ce
i
st ategy,
o ga isatio al
t a sfo matio
a d
media,
is
set
to
take
up
the
positio
this
week.
Who
is
Gautam
Ra ga aja ?
Ra ga aja
is
a
se io
st ategist
a d
media
executive
with
mo e
tha
two
decades
of
expe ie ce
ac oss
media,
c eative
i dust ies
a d
public
se vice
b oadcasti g.Befo e
his
ew
gove me t
ole,
he
spe t
mo e
tha
30
yea s
at
the
BBC,
begi i g
his
ca ee
as
a
adio
music
p oduce
a d
eve tually
isi g
to
become
the
b oadcaste ‘s
G oup
Di ecto
fo
St ategy
a d
Pe fo ma ce.His
expe ie ce
i cludes
developi g
st ategy
i
apidly
cha gi g
ma kets,
leadi g
la ge-scale
t a sfo matio
i itiatives
a d
ha dli g
complex
policy
a d
fi a cial
egotiatio s.
What
will
Gautam
Ra ga aja
do
at
No.
10?
The
exact
details
of
Ra ga aja ‘s
espo sibilities
a e
yet
to
be
outli ed.
Howeve ,
the
UK
PM’s
office
said
his
appoi tme t
d aws
o
his
expe ie ce
i
co po ate
st ategy
a d
t a sfo matio .His
ole
comes
as
Bu ham
u de takes
a
b oade
est uctu i g
of
the
machi e y
of
gove me t,
i cludi g
the
c eatio
of
the
Office
fo
the
P ime
Mi iste
a d
Cabi et.
Ra ga aja
is
expected
to
play
a
ole
i
the
pla ed
t a sfo matio
at
the
hea t
of
the
B itish
gove me t.Away
f om
st ategy
a d
public
se vice,
Ra ga aja
also
has
a
c eative
side.
He
desc ibes
himself
as
a
p ofessio al
cho al
si ge
a d
music
p oduce ,
alo gside
his
wo k
i
co po ate
st ategy
a d
o ga isatio al
t a sfo matio .
Bu ham’s
gove me t
ove haul
The
appoi tme t
comes
as
Bu ham
eshapes
his
gove me t
followi g
his
ece t
ise
to
the
ole
of
Labou
Pa ty
leade
a d
P ime
Mi iste .His
admi ist atio
has
a ou ced
st uctu al
cha ges,
i cludi g
the
lau ch
of
No.
10
No th
i
Ma cheste
a d
the
c eatio
of
the
Office
fo
the
P ime
Mi iste
a d
Cabi et.While
the
full
scope
of
Ra ga aja ‘s
ew
ole
emai s
u clea ,
his
appoi tme t
places
the
fo me
BBC
executive
at
the
ce t e
of
the
UK
gove me t’s
pla ed
t a sfo matio .

