Caroline Nursey, the chief executive officer of BBC Media Action, which is the broadcaster’s international development charity, is to leave next year.

She is to retire in spring 2023 after 13 years at the charity, which has a presence in 22 countries.

Nursey, who was awarded an OBE in 2014 for services to international development, had previously held several senior roles at Oxfam GB, including as its deputy international director and regional director in Nairobi and Senegal.

She has also chaired international aid umbrella body Bond and is currently chair of Quakers in Britain.

“From my first steps through the doors at Bush House as BBC Media Action’s Chief Executive Officer 13 years ago, I have been immensely proud to lead the BBC’s international charity,” she said.

“I will miss BBC Media Action tremendously and I am very proud of all we have accomplished together. But I am looking forward to spending more time with my partner Jonathan and my family in Jersey, not to mention my bees!”

BBC Media Action said a search for her replacement will start immediately and Nursey will remain in post until her successor is in post.

The charity’s chair Francesca Unsworth added: “BBC Media Action has been so fortunate to have Caroline at the helm. Her wealth of experience, her passion for development, her courage and her pragmatism have ensured that the BBC’s international charity has been able to modernise and adapt in a digital age, while continuing to reach the world’s most marginalised people and deliver real impact.

“These last few years in particular have thrown up huge challenges – a global pandemic, the narrowing of civic spaces and conflict – and Caroline has met them all with determination and dedication. We will miss her immensely, but the Board wishes her well in her hard-earned retirement.”

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