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A former international gymnast and Olympian, she joined the BBC over 40 years ago and has just retired from her long-time role as Director of Sport at the corporation.
During her tenure, she’s changed attitudes and enhanced perceptions of women’s sport, overseen remarkable growth in BBC Sport’s digital services, played a central role in coverage of London 2012, and helped cement the BBC as the most popular broadcaster in the UK – all whilst managing the challenges that come with working for a publicly-funded broadcaster.
Slater was in the hot seat for May’s edition of Leaders in Focus and had a wide-ranging conversation with Leaders duo James Emmett and David Cushnan on her life at the BBC and what she leaves behind for her successor.
This episode of Leaders in Focus was produced in partnership with IMG.
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