Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead

British media executive

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1951

Place of Birth: Birkenhead, England, United Kingdom

Profession: businessperson, politician, journalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Anthony William Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, (born 3 March 1951) is the Director-General of the BBC. He took up the post of Director-General on 2 April 2013.
Previously he was Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London from 2001 until March 2013, and Director of News at the BBC between 1993 and 2001. Hall was made a life peer and took his seat in the House of Lords as a crossbench member on 22 March 2010.