New Chief Operating Officer for BBC Studios
Anna Mallett, Director and Project Lead for the BBC Production Proposals, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO), BBC Studios, the BBC’s production arm.
Published: 13 January 2016
I am really looking forward to working with Peter and the fantastic BBC Production team as we build the new BBC Studios.
As COO, she will oversee all operational elements of the new pan UK division, bringing together business and technology activities and working closely with operations, finance, production management and commercial colleagues across the BBC. She will play a key role in the creation of the new BBC Studios Division, leading a culture focused on delivering bold, British creative content for audiences.
Anna Mallett says: “I am really looking forward to working with Peter and the fantastic BBC Production team as we build the new BBC Studios.”
Anna was previously CEO of BBC Studios and Post Production Ltd, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC providing studios, post production and digital media services to the media industry, where she oversaw considerable business change, including relocating the company’s business operations to Elstree. She has been part of the BBC’s senior leadership team since 2006, and from 2008 was Controller of Business Strategy, responsible for the BBC's overall commercial, distribution and platform strategy. Before joining the BBC Anna worked for seven years at the Boston Consultant Group in London.
Peter Salmon, Director of BBC Studios, says: “It is great to welcome Anna on board. She is a brilliant collaborator, a clear thinker and great manager with previous successful experience of running commercial companies. Her acute business sense, and understanding of the industry will play a key part in creating a BBC Studios that is vibrant and creative.”
Anna will join Mark Freeland, Natalie Humphreys, Katie Taylor and Wendy Darke on a new BBC Studios Board and she starts immediately.
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