Richard Sharp is supposed to be enrolled for a fee of £160,000 per year

Surprise candidate for President of the BBC 

Sharp spent 20 years at Goldman 

The Telegraph reported that Sharp is running for the £160,000 a year post, which was formally opened for candidates last week.

Sharp was head of Chancellor Rishi Sunak when he was at Goldman and was also an advisor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he was Mayor of London.

He took on an unpaid role as advisor to the Treasury after the coronavirus epidemic, participating in the £1.5 billion arts bailout organisation and £500 million insurance to help restart TV production.