Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC chairman, after a report found he breached the governance code for public appointments.<br /><br />Mr Sharp was appointed in 2021, but became embroiled in a row in January following claims he helped Boris Johnson secure an £800,000 loan.<br /><br />In 2020 Mr Johnson, who was Prime Minister, was having financial problems, when Mr Sharp’s friend approached the future chairman, offering to help Johnson.<br /><br />Just weeks later the PM appointed Mr Sharp as chairman.<br /><br />Following the release of the report, Mr Sharp claimed that the breach was “inadvertent and not material.”
