Roly Keating

Roly Keating
Keating in 2013
Born
Roland Francis Kester Keating

(1961-08-05) 5 August 1961
EducationWestminster School
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
TitleController of BBC Four (2002–2004)
Controller of BBC Two (2004–2008)
Director of Archive Content, BBC (2008–2012)
Director of The British Library (2012–present)
Spouse
(m. 1989)
Children3

Sir Roland Francis Kester Keating (born 5 August 1961) is a British executive who was chief executive of the British Library from September 2012 to December 2024.

In his previous career at the BBC he launched BBC Four and served as Controller of BBC Two from 2004 to 2008. Keating is a governor of the Southbank Centre, a trustee of Sheffield DocFest and Clore Leadership and an advisory board member of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London.