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Richard George Deverell CBE (born 1965^[1]) became Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in September 2012.^[2] He was previously Controller of CBBC, the department within the BBC responsible for output aimed at children.^[2]

Early life

Deverell was born in 1965.^[1] He graduated in biological sciences from Cambridge University.^[2]

Career history

After graduation, Deverell worked for several years in management consultancy before joining the BBC, where he was Head of Strategy and Marketing and on the Board of BBC News, as Head of News Interactive.

BBC Children's

In 2005 he was appointed the Chief Operating Officer of CBBC, the then name for the BBC Children's department,^[3] as Alison Sharman's deputy. A year later, in 2006, when Sharman left after just five months in the post,^[4] he was appointed into her role as Controller, CBBC. As someone who had come from a management, rather than a programming background, after taking up his post, Deverell created two new Creative Directors of the CBBC and CBeebies services respectively renaming his title, Controller of BBC Children's.^[3]

In March 2009, Deverell was named chief operating officer of the BBC's new broadcasting and production centre in Salford Quays^[5] which was to become the new base for BBC Children's along with BBC Sport but in 2011 he switched roles to become the BBC's programme director for the W12 project, responsible for the sale of the BBC's property in West London including Television Centre.^[6]

Kew Gardens Director

In 2012, Deverell was appointed the Director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, of which he had been a trustee from 2003 to 2009, during which time his contributions included chairing the Board Audit Committee.

As Director, Deverell became responsible for: the botanic gardens and collections located in London and Wakehurst, Sussex; and a large number of UK and international plant conservation and research projects.

In 2016, he supported the transfer to Kew of the award-winning British-designed structure, The Hive, which was initially commissioned by UK Trade & Investment as the UK Pavilion for the Milan Expo in 2015.^[7] The installation aims to raise awareness amongst visitors of the relationship between plants and pollinators and has received acclaim.^{[citation needed]}

Facing a significant funding shortage in 2014/15 Deverell oversaw a restructure of RBG Kew. In December 2014 he appeared in front of the Science and Technology Select Committee of the House of Commons,^[8] to explain the reasons why and to outline the support RBG Kew needed from government and elsewhere. In April 2016 RBG Kew announced a positive 4 year funding settlement from the UK government through DEFRA.^[9]

Deverell has also been behind a higher profile for botanical science at RBG Kew since he became Director, with the unveiling of a new Science Strategy in 2015, the launch of the first State of the World's Plants report in 2016,^[10] and the first Kew Science Festival in August 2016.

Deverell was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to botanical science and conservation.^[11]

Personal life

Deverell is married with three children.

References

^ ^a ^b "Richard George Deverell". Company Check. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dowell, Ben (13 June 2012). "Richard Deverell to become director of Kew Gardens". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "BBC - Press Office - Richard Deverell Showcomotion speech". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
^ "Children's BBC controller quits after five months to join ITV". www.campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
^ Hemley, Matthew (4 March 2009). "Deverell announced as chief operating officer of BBC North". The Stage. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
^ "Richard Deverell pulls out of BBC Salford move". the Guardian. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
^ UK Pavilion for the Milan Expo in 2015
^ Science and Technology Select Committee of the House of Commons, Kew Gardens Report (2014)
^ Standard.co.uk: "4 year funding grant for Kew Gardens" (2016)
^ BBC.uk: "State of the World’s Plants report" (2016)
^ "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N9.

Interviews

Sawer, Patrick (3 April 2016). "New Vision for Kew as Classroom of the World". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
Standard.uk: "£33m rescue for Kew’s glorious glasshouse"
Horticulture Week: "New study shows Kew offers 'excellent value' for taxpayer"
The Guardian.com: "Sculpture controlled by bees"

[Company_Check-1] "Richard George Deverell". Company Check. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.

[Ben_Dowell-2] Dowell, Ben (13 June 2012). "Richard Deverell to become director of Kew Gardens". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

[:0-3] "BBC - Press Office - Richard Deverell Showcomotion speech". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

[4] "Children's BBC controller quits after five months to join ITV". www.campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

[5] Hemley, Matthew (4 March 2009). "Deverell announced as chief operating officer of BBC North". The Stage. Retrieved 12 March 2009.

[6] "Richard Deverell pulls out of BBC Salford move". the Guardian. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

[7] UK Pavilion for the Milan Expo in 2015

[8] Science and Technology Select Committee of the House of Commons, Kew Gardens Report (2014)

[9] Standard.co.uk: "4 year funding grant for Kew Gardens" (2016)

[10] BBC.uk: "State of the World’s Plants report" (2016)

[11] "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N9.

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+[[File:Richard Deverell, Juan Manuel Santos and Kathy Willis at Kew during the 2017 lecture in London, 2017-11-10.jpg|thumb|]]
-'''Richard George Deverell'''<ref name="Company Check"/> became Director of the [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] in September 2012.<ref name="Ben Dowell">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jun/13/richard-deverell-director-kew-gardens | title=Richard Deverell to become director of Kew Gardens | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=13 June 2012 | accessdate=24 January 2014 | author=Dowell, Ben}}</ref> He was previously Controller of [[CBBC]], the department within the [[BBC]] responsible for output aimed at children.<ref name="Ben Dowell"/>
+'''Richard George Deverell''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 1965<ref name="Company Check"/>) became Director of the [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] in September 2012.<ref name="Ben Dowell">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jun/13/richard-deverell-director-kew-gardens | title=Richard Deverell to become director of Kew Gardens | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=13 June 2012 | accessdate=24 January 2014 | author=Dowell, Ben}}</ref> He was previously Controller of [[CBBC]], the department within the [[BBC]] responsible for output aimed at children.<ref name="Ben Dowell"/>
 ==Early life==
-Deverell was born in 1965.<ref name="Company Check">{{cite web | url=http://companycheck.co.uk/director/917661653 | title=Richard George Deverell | publisher=Company Check | accessdate=25 January 2014 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201233837/http://companycheck.co.uk/director/917661653 | archivedate=1 February 2014 | df= }}</ref> He graduated in biological sciences from [[Cambridge University]].<ref name="Ben Dowell"/>
+Deverell was born in 1965.<ref name="Company Check">{{cite web | url=http://companycheck.co.uk/director/917661653 | title=Richard George Deverell | publisher=Company Check | accessdate=25 January 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201233837/http://companycheck.co.uk/director/917661653 | archive-date=1 February 2014 }}</ref> He graduated in biological sciences from [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]].<ref name="Ben Dowell"/>
 ==Career history==
-After graduation, Deverell worked for several years in [[management consultancy]] before joining the [[BBC]], where he was Head of Strategy and Marketing and on the Board of [[BBC News]], as Head of News interactive.
+After graduation, Deverell worked for several years in [[Management consulting|management consultancy]] before joining the [[BBC]], where he was Head of Strategy and Marketing and on the Board of [[BBC News]], as Head of News Interactive.
+=== BBC Children's ===
-After taking up his post as [[CBBC]] Controller in 2006, Deverell re-aligned CBBC towards a target audience of 6–12 years. Several popular series were revised or cancelled outright; ''[[Byker Grove]]'' ended in 2006 after 18 series, the last being broadcast solely on the digital CBBC Channel. The other teenage drama series, ''[[Grange Hill]]'', was removed from [[BBC One]] in 2007 in favour of exclusive scheduling on CBBC and ceased in 2008, with its last series concentrating on the early years of secondary school in order to fit in with CBBC's new brief.<ref>[http://www.grangehillfans.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7448&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30 E-mails from Richard Deverell to Grange Hill Online, July and August 2007]</ref>
+In 2005 he was appointed the Chief Operating Officer of CBBC, the then name for the [[BBC Children's and Education|BBC Children's department]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=BBC - Press Office - Richard Deverell Showcomotion speech|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/deverell_showcomotion.shtml|access-date=2021-02-24|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> as [[Alison Sharman]]'s deputy.    A year later, in 2006, when Sharman left after just five months in the post,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Children's BBC controller quits after five months to join ITV|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/childrens-bbc-controller-quits-five-months-join-itv/527766|access-date=2021-02-24|website=www.campaignlive.co.uk}}</ref> he was appointed into her role as Controller, CBBC. As someone who had come from a management, rather than a programming background, after taking up his post, Deverell created two new Creative Directors of the [[CBBC]] and [[CBeebies]] services respectively renaming his title, Controller of BBC Children's.<ref name=":0" />
+In March 2009, Deverell was named chief operating officer of the BBC's new broadcasting and production centre in [[Salford Quays]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/23694/deverell-announced-as-chief-operating-officer |title= Deverell announced as chief operating officer of BBC North |accessdate=12 March 2009 |last=Hemley |first=Matthew  |date=4 March 2009 |work=[[The Stage]]}}</ref> which was to become the new base for BBC Children's along with BBC Sport but in 2011 he switched roles to become the BBC's programme director for the W12 project, responsible for the sale of the BBC's property in West London including [[Television Centre, London|Television Centre]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-04-27|title=Richard Deverell pulls out of BBC Salford move|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/27/richard-deverell-bbc-salford|access-date=2021-02-24|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
-In May 2006, Deverell promised there were no plans to alter the format of ''Grange Hill''.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4760000/newsid_4766300/4766331.stm CBBC head defends Byker decision – CBBC Newsround Online, May 2006]</ref>  He commissioned the very popular ''[[In the Night Garden]]''.
-The BBC's new programming strand for older children and teenagers launched in the autumn of 2007, but CBBC was criticised for not continuing to provide for this age range until the new service was up and running.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}}
-In March 2009 Deverell was named chief operating officer of the BBC's new broadcasting and production centre in [[Salford Quays]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/23694/deverell-announced-as-chief-operating-officer |title= Deverell announced as chief operating officer of BBC North |accessdate=12 March 2009 |author= |last=Hemley |first=Matthew  |date=4 March 2009 |format= |work=[[The Stage]]}}</ref>
 ===Kew Gardens Director===
 In 2012, Deverell was appointed the Director of [[Kew Gardens|Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]], of which he had been a trustee from 2003 to 2009, during which time his contributions included chairing the Board Audit Committee.
-As Director, Deverell became responsible for: the botanic gardens and collections located in London and [[Wakehurst Place|Wakehurst]], Sussex; and a large number of UK and international plant conservation and research projects.
+As Director, Deverell became responsible for: the botanic gardens and collections located in London and [[Wakehurst Place|Wakehurst]], [[Sussex]]; and a large number of UK and international plant conservation and research projects.
+In 2016, he supported the transfer to Kew of the award-winning British-designed structure, The Hive, which was initially commissioned by [[UK Trade & Investment]] as the UK Pavilion for the [[Expo 2015|Milan Expo]] in 2015.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/the-uk-pavilion-at-milan-expo-2015 UK Pavilion for the Milan Expo in 2015]</ref>  The installation aims to raise awareness amongst visitors of the relationship between plants and pollinators and has received acclaim.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
-He has overseen several new developments aimed at broadening the appeal of the gardens in London, increasing the number of visitors and deepening their understanding of what happens behind the scenes in horticulture, botany, and other scientific research at RBG Kew.
+Facing a significant funding shortage in 2014/15 Deverell oversaw a restructure of RBG Kew. In December 2014 he appeared in front of the Science and Technology Select Committee of the House of Commons,<ref>[https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/news/kew-gardens-report/ Science and Technology Select Committee of the House of Commons, Kew Gardens Report (2014)]</ref> to explain the reasons why and to outline the support RBG Kew needed from government and elsewhere.   In April 2016 RBG Kew announced a positive 4 year funding settlement from the UK government through [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|DEFRA]].<ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/cash-strapped-kew-gardens-granted-muchneeded-130m-of-government-funds-a3243321.html Standard.co.uk: "4 year funding grant for Kew Gardens" (2016)]</ref>
-In 2016, he supported the transfer to Kew of the award-winning British-designed structure, The Hive, which was initially commissioned by UKTI as the UK Pavilion for the [[Milan Expo]] in 2015. <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/the-uk-pavilion-at-milan-expo-2015 UK Pavilion for the Milan Expo in 2015]</ref>  The installation aims to raise awareness amongst visitors of the relationship between [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/17/sculpture-controlled-by-bees-wolfgang-buttress-hive plants and pollinators] and has received huge acclaim.
+Deverell has also been behind a higher profile for botanical science at RBG Kew since he became Director, with the unveiling of a new Science Strategy in 2015, the launch of the first State of the World's Plants report in 2016,<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31555497%20www.stateoftheworldsplants.com  BBC.uk: "State of the World’s Plants report"  (2016)]</ref> and the first Kew Science Festival in August 2016.
-Facing a significant funding shortage in 2014/15 Deverell oversaw a restructure of RBG Kew. In December 2014 he appeared in front of the Science and Technology Select Committee of the House of Commons, <ref>[https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/news/kew-gardens-report/ Science and Technology Select Committee of the House of Commons, Kew Gardens Report (2014)]</ref> to explain the reasons why and to outline the support RBG Kew needed from government and elsewhere.   In April 2016 RBG Kew announced a positive 4 year funding settlement from the UK government through [[DEFRA]]. <ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/cash-strapped-kew-gardens-granted-muchneeded-130m-of-government-funds-a3243321.html Standard.co.uk: "4 year funding grant for Kew Gardens" (2016)]</ref>
+Deverell was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2024 New Year Honours]] for services to botanical science and conservation.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=64269|supp=y|page=N9|date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
-Deverell has also been behind a higher profile for botanical science at RBG Kew since he became Director, with the unveiling a new Science Strategy in 2015, the launch of the first ever State of the World’s Plants report in 2016, <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31555497%20www.stateoftheworldsplants.com  BBC.uk: "State of the World’s Plants report"  (2016)]</ref> and the first Kew Science Festival in August 2016.
 ==Personal life==
 Deverell is married with three children.
 ==References==
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+*{{cite news|author=Sawer, Patrick| date=3 April 2016|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/03/new-vision-for-kew-gardens-as-a-classroom-for-the-world/ | title=New Vision for Kew as Classroom of the World|work = [[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date = 25 March 2021}}
-*[http://www.londonlive.co.uk/programmes/the-headline-interview London Live.uk: Richard Deverell on ''The Headline'' (2016)]
-*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/03/new-vision-for-kew-gardens-as-a-classroom-for-the-world/  Telegraph.uk: "New Vision for Kew as Classroom of the World" (2016)]
 *[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/33m-rescue-for-kew-s-glorious-glasshouse-8552647.html  Standard.uk: "£33m rescue for Kew’s glorious glasshouse"]
 *[http://www.hortweek.com/new-study-shows-kew-offers-excellent-value-taxpayer/parks-and-gardens/article/1389830 Horticulture Week: "New study shows Kew offers 'excellent value' for taxpayer"]
 *[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/17/sculpture-controlled-by-bees-wolfgang-buttress-hive The Guardian.com: "Sculpture controlled by bees"]
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