Anjali Kapoor has been appointed as the new director for BBC News AI, Innovation and Growth. In this role, Anjali will oversee our AI adoption, lead our off-platform growth and focus on optimizing BBC audiences and digital strategy for growth in the UK and globally.
Anjali brings a wealth of global experience and expertise. Following strategic senior leadership positions at The Globe and Mail, Yahoo!, and Bloomberg Media, Anjali was most recently the Director for Media Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region for Meta, where she partnered with media organisations to achieve their strategic business goals around audience and revenue growth.
We advertised this role following our move to place all our editorial news output under a single leader, making way for someone on our leadership team who can ruthlessly focus their time to drive audience growth both on and off-platform, accelerate AI adoption and make us a more data-led organisation. The team includes our existing digital development and growth, social and weather teams.
Anjali Kapoor says: “I’m honoured to be joining the BBC, one of the world’s most trusted news organisations, at such a pivotal moment for journalism. As Director of AI, Innovation and Growth, I look forward to working with Deborah, the News Board and all teams across BBC News to build on its strong legacy of public service journalism while accelerating how we engage new audiences, adopt AI responsibly, and tell impactful stories in a fast-changing digital landscape.
“Throughout my career, I’ve worked internationally at the intersection of media, technology and business leading audience and product strategies while also aligning innovation with editorial integrity, trust and long-term sustainability. I’m excited to bring this global perspective to the BBC, helping to drive meaningful change at the forefront of our industry, ensuring BBC journalism remains relevant, inclusive and future-ready.”
BBC News CEO Deborah Turness said: “We are delighted to welcome Anjali to the BBC. This is a critical role as we transform BBC News to be fit for the future, using AI to enhance our journalism, growing audiences – particularly under-25’s. Anjali’s deep knowledge of how news works, her future-focused approach to AI and her deep understanding of product and platforms make her uniquely positioned to lead this work.”
Biography
Most recently, Anjali was the Director for Media Partnerships Asia Pacific for Meta, where she partnered with media organisations to achieve their strategic business goals around audience and revenue growth. She also built and grew a robust third-party fact checking partnership program for Meta – across the 14 markets in the Asia Pacific region.
Since leaving Meta, she has been based in Singapore, where she partners and consults with businesses and media organisation leaders on how to embed AI responsibly, drive innovation with impact, and build sustainable audience growth models.
From early editorial roles to senior leadership positions at Microsoft, Yahoo!, Bloomberg Media, and The Globe and Mail, Anjali has driven innovation and audience-focused strategies in complex, multi-platform newsrooms.
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