Alan Yentob has resigned as the BBC's creative director in the wake of controversy over his role as chairman of the Kids Company charity.
Camila Batmanghelidjh’s Kids Company closed in August amid a row about funding and controversy over a £3m government grant brining its management into question.
Mr Yentob, who has faced scrutiny for his role in the charity’s financial mismanagement, has stepped down from his BBC role saying that the ongoing speculation was "proving a serious distraction" when the BBC was in "particularly challenging times".
He has also been accused of trying to influence BBC journalists when Ms Batmanghelidjh was interviewed on Radio 4 in the wake of the scandal – something he denies. He said: “I just thought I was there to listen to what Camila said and this is an organisation that I'm familiar with. If it was intimidating, I regret it."
