Shumeet Banerji is not a household name.
In the three years, 10 months and 14 days that he spent on the BBC board, Banerji kept his thoughts on BBC matters firmly out of the public domain.
Now he is making headlines. His resignation is the latest blow to the corporation, and it looks timed to add to the pressure.
Banerji's role on the board was due to end on 31 December anyway but he has instead resigned early, three days before other board members are due to face a committee of MPs - and nearly two weeks after the BBC lost its director general and its CEO of news.
The resignation, fairly or not, looks like a direct criticism of the BBC's chair Samir Shah.
