1. Mark Thompson    £838,000  Director General, BBC

2. Jana Bennett          £517,000   Director; Vision, BBC

3. Mark Byford           £488,000  Deputy Director General, BBC

4. No name supplied £475,500   GP (Doctor), Hillingdon PCT

5. No name supplied £475,000   GP (Doctor), Teaching PCT

6. Tim Davie               £452,000   Director, Audio & Music, BBC

7. Zarin Patel              £434,000   Chief Financial Officer, BBC

8. Caroline Thomson  £419,000   Chief Operating Officer, BBC

9. Erik Huggers          £407,000   Director; Future Media & Technology, BBC

10. No name supplied £406,060   GP (Doctor), Westminster PCT

11. David Higgins      £390,000 Chief Executive, Olympic Delivery Authority

12. Malcolm Grant     £376,190    Provost & President, University College London

13. No name supplied £375,000 GP (Doctor), Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT

14. No name supplied £370,000    Consultant, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

15.No name supplied £365,000      Unknown, University College London

16. Tony Fountain    £365,000      CEO, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

17. John Smith          £348,000      CEO, BBC Worldwide, BBC

18. Sharon Baylay     £345,000      Director, MC&A, BBC

19. Howard Shiplee £344,000 Director of Construction,  Olympic Delivery Authority

20. No name supplied £343,000   Unknown,  University of Liverpool

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