BBC marketer Philip Almond departs to set up own consultancy

BBC’s director of marketing and audiences, Philip Almond, will leave the business in the coming weeks to launch his own consultancy.
The BBC said his £211,000 a year role will not be replaced. Instead, Kerris Bright – who joined the broadcaster as chief customer officer in June from Virgin – will assume responsibility for his teams, which included its license fee units and CRM.  
Almond has been at the BBC for six years, having joined from Diageo where he was global