Ms Mary Hockaday

Biography

Mary Hockaday is Master of Trinity Hall, where she studied English as an undergraduate. Until 2022 she was Controller BBC World Service English. From 2009-2014 she was Head of the BBC Newsroom, overseeing the BBC’s core news services on radio, television and online for domestic and global audiences. Mary was Editor of BBC World Service News and Current Affairs from 2001 to 2006. WSNCA won a Special Sony Gold award in recognition of its 9/11 coverage.  She serves on the board of the British Library and is an Independent Non-executive Director with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. She is the author of Kafka, Love and Courage, the Life of Milena Jesenska.