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.

Keating was born on 5 August 1961 to Donald Norman Keating and Betty Katharine Keating (née Wells). He was educated at Westminster School, and then read classics at Balliol College, Oxford.

Keating joined the BBC in 1983. He was a producer and director for the Arts and Music department, making programmes for Omnibus, Bookmark (1992–97) and Arena. He was a producer and later became editor of The Late Show. In 1997, he became head of programming for UKTV, partly owned by the BBC. In 1999, he became the BBC Controller of Digital Channels. In 2000, he also took on the responsibility of Controller of Arts Commissioning.

Keating became the Controller of digital television station BBC Four in December 2001, masterminding its launch on 2 March 2002. Notable commissions included The Falklands Play, The Alan Clark Diaries and The Thick of It  The new channel also provided extended coverage of the BBC Proms, regular screenings of foreign-language films and series, and an increased volume of international documentaries under the Storyville strand. In 2003, he was also joint leader of the BBC's Charter Review project for six months. He became the channel controller for BBC Two in June 2004, a position he held until 2008. While controller, he said that he wanted to see BBC Two be the first mainstream British television channel available on broadband. His decision to screen Jerry Springer: The Opera on 8 January 2005 prompted complaints and personal threats, and he was given security protection.

Keating was appointed temporary controller of BBC One following Peter Fincham's resignation on 5 October 2007. In 2008, he was appointed Director of Archive Content for the BBC with responsibility for maximising public access to the BBC’s content across television, radio and multimedia, including editorial oversight of BBC iPlayer and UKTV.  The Times alleged that he received a severance package of £375,000 due to his role being closed, which he later paid back in full after learning it wasn't authorised properly.

Keating was announced as chief executive designate of the British Library in May 2012, to succeed Dame Lynne Brindley.

Keating oversaw the implementation in 2013 of the Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations, which mandated collection and preservation of e-books and websites published in UK. The following year saw the completion of the Library’s £33m newspaper programme, including the opening of the National Newspaper Building at the Library’s site at Boston Spa in West Yorkshire.