The director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and (from 1994) editor-in-chief of the BBC.

The post-holder was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC (for the period 1927 to 2007) and then the BBC Trust (from 2007 to 2017).

Since 2017 the director-general has been appointed by the BBC Board.

The current director-general is Tim Davie, who succeeded Tony Hall on 1 September 2020.

[1] Italics indicate that the individual was temporarily appointed as acting director-general.