Google’s former Europe boss is closing in on becoming the BBC’s next director general, the Guardian has been told. Sources said that Matt Brittin, 57, is very advanced in the appointment process. Some insiders believe that, barring a last-minute development, he will succeed Tim Davie as the broadcaster’s next director general. Brittin, a member of the British Olympic rowing team in 1988, led Google in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for a decade until stepping down last year to take what he described as a “mini gap year”. His appointment would be the latest sign of big tech’s power
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