Pressing tasks for new director general also include an expiring royal charter, and finding a new top team Pressing tasks for new director general also include an expiring royal charter, and finding a new top team Matt Brittin may have only just been announced as the new BBC director general, but his inbox is already overflowing. Here are his immediate challenges: A major reason for Brittin’s appointment is that he was seen as a figure with the presence to plunge straight into government talks