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It's now 5 months since Tanya Seghatchian left, and why is this appointment taking so long? If as some of the above state, there are better independent (whatever that means) candidates then why hasn't there been an appointment?

If there is procrastination - a not uncommon BFI trait, then its probably a good thing that Stewart Till made his intervention, as it puts the spotlight on them to get a move on.

I don't think he's claiming to represent the industry but a vacumn is in nobody's interests. If there are other candidates out there then go ahead and promote them.

The post needs an industry heavyweight, who has credibility amongst the various internal BFI fiefdoms as well as externally, and can stand up to the intense scrutiny that the film fund will be subjected to - such as the above commentary. Daniel Battsek clearly is one - whatever the disagreements about his suitability in other respects.