A member of the BBC’s board has resigned, the corporation has confirmed.

Shumeet Banerji announced he would be leaving on Friday, less than two weeks after Tim Davie resigned from his role as the BBC’s director general along with Deborah Turness as BBC News chief executive.

A BBC spokesman said: “Shumeet Banerji today notified the BBC board of his resignation.

“Banerji’s term on the board as a non-executive director was due to end at the end of December and we thank him for his service.

“The search for a replacement is already well under way and we will update further in due course.”

Banerji had said in a letter that he was “not consulted” about the events which led up to the resignations of Davie and Turness, BBC News reported.

Banerji is the founder of advisory and investment firm

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