Clive Myrie has issued an apology to BBC bosses after he failed to declare thousands of pounds made from corporate events
Clive Myrie has apologised to the BBC after failing to declare outside earnings.
The 60-year-old newsreader, who also presents BBC Two quiz show Mastermind, did not declare earnings of at least £65,000 from corporate events over the past 12 months, according to The Sunday Times.
As a BBC employee, Myrie is supposed to declare his list of engagements to the corporation monthly, but failed to include 11. All of the Auntie Beeb’s on-screen talent have had to declare outside earnings since director-general Tim Davie demanded more transparency in 2021, publishing the declarations every three months.
The Sunday Times claims Myrie failed to declare his work as a debate chairman at GreenTalks Live, an event hosted by the Isle of Man’s Energy and Sustainability Centre, and as a keynote speaker at Dutch bank ING’s Views From The Top dinner at The Gherkin in London. Both events are reported to have commanded fees of more than £10,000.
The media outlet has also claimed that Myrie also failed to report nine other engagements, including work as a guest speaker at Suffolk Chamber of Commerce’s Prestige Dinner, a host at the National Residential Landlords Association’s conference, and as host of an Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association lunch. The other roles are said to be worth between £5,000 and £10,000 to the BBC star.
A BBC spokesperson said it had spoken to the presenter to “remind him of his responsibilities”. They said: “We have spoken to Clive to remind him of his responsibilities with regards to the external events register, and he has apologised for these errors.”
It is understood the register will be updated at the next quarterly publication to include all relevant events that were previously omitted. The presenter is reportedly earning a salary between £310,000 and £314,999 at the BBC, according to its most recent annual report published in March 2024.
The newsreader has also opened up about a medical condition that has dogged him for most of his life, especially when he has made globetrotting trips to report from around the world for the BBC.
While in the Caribbean, where he was visiting his parents, Myrie revealed that he suffered from travel sickness during his stay in Kingston, a condition that still plagues him. Speaking to Holly Rubenstein on The Travel Diaries last year, he shared: “It’s less so in planes now, more in cars, but I was just sick all the time on that flight from the UK to Kingston in Jamaica. Then we had cross-country journeys on long bumpy roads to see cousins and other relatives.”
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