[6] Gibb then joined Maude in supporting Michael Portillo's unsuccessful campaign to become leader in the 2001 Conservative Party leadership election.
[12] Gibb then became a senior advisor for global strategic communications consultancy Kekst CNC which is part of the French public relations firm Publicis Groupe.
[15] Alan Rusbridger, writing in The Independent, made the point that, "the BBC board’s own website commits them to 'submit themselves to whatever scrutiny is appropriate to their office'.
[16] Gibb departed as a director the Chronicle on August 20, 2024, passing ownership to Jonathan Kandel, a fellow consortium member, and the ex-Labour peer Lord Austin of Dudley.
[17] Gibb retained sole directorship of "The JC Media and Culture Preservation Initiative", a community interest company sharing a correspondence address with The Jewish Chronicle.
[22] His appointment was supported by Conservative Party political advisor Dougie Smith, who according to journalist Tim Shipman, "pressed for months" for him to become part of the Board.
[23] According to the Financial Times, he reportedly attempted to block Jess Brammar's appointment as BBC executive news editor in July 2021.
He had allegedly sent a text message to Director, News & Current Affairs Fran Unsworth that urged her not to "make this appointment" as it would shatter the government's "fragile trust in the BBC".
[10] Deputy Labour Party Leader Angela Rayner called for his resignation, saying it was "Tory cronyism at the heart of the BBC".
[21] In August 2022, former BBC presenter Emily Maitlis stated that Gibb was an "active agent of the Conservative party" who played a significant role in determining the nature of the corporation's news output.
[26] In September 2024, after The Jewish Chronicle was forced to apologise for publishing a string of fabricated stories about the Israel-Gaza war, Alan Rusbridger queried how Gibb could, as a member of the BBC's editorial guidelines and standard committee, sit on a panel and participate in an upcoming review of the impartiality of the BBC’s war coverage.