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Dame Rotha Geraldine Diane Johnston, DBE (born August 1959) is a
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. Johnston is chair of
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, a non-executive director of
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and an independent board member of the Department of Justice and
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. Johnston, a native of West Belfast who attended St Dominic's Grammar School, is a non-executive Director of Allied Irish Bank and Deputy Chair of
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. She is a non-executive member of the
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and Pro Chancellor at Queen's University Belfast.


BBC

On 1 November 2006 Johnston was appointed as one of the founding members of the
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, which along with a formal executive board replaced the former BBC Board of Governors as the governing body of the
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. Her term expired on 31 October 2010. Until late 2012, Johnston served as BBC National Trustee for Northern Ireland and chaired the
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Audience Council Northern Ireland, which advises the BBC Trust on the views of Northern Irish
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payers. She was also the chair of the Trust's Finance and Compliance Committee. She was replaced by Aideen McGinley, a former Chief Executive of
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Honours

Johnston was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
(CBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the
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for services to the Northern Ireland economy and public service.


External links


BBC Trust biography

Audience Council Northern Ireland

Profile
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Rotha 1959 births Living people Businesspeople from Belfast Trustees of the British Broadcasting Corporation Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire People educated at St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls