Newly merged BBC Studios announces remaining appointments to Executive Committee
Tim Davie, CEO and Mark Linsey, CCO today announce the final tranche of appointments to the newly merged BBC Studios Executive Committee, completing the organisation’s senior line-up.
Published: 19 January 2018
Now that Mark and I have our full Executive Committee in place, we are looking forward to getting on with growing BBC Studios as a world-class home for British creativity.
The appointments consist of four genre MDs, three regional presidents and three group services roles:
Genre MDs
- Hannah Wyatt, MD for Factual Entertainment & Events
- Lisa Opie, MD for Factual
- Nick Betts, MD for Scripted
- Suzy Lamb, MD for Entertainment & Music
Each MD will be responsible for leading the commercial, creative and business teams within BBC Studios production, and developing and implementing the business strategy for their genre.
Regional Presidents
- Ann Sarnoff, President - Americas
- Marcus Arthur, President - UK & Ireland and Australia/New Zealand
- Paul Dempsey, President - Global Markets
Each regional president will be responsible for leading content sales, branded services including joint ventures, consumer products and other commercial exploitation activities in their market.
Group Services
- Charlotte Elston, Director of Communications, responsible for all communications across the new BBC Studios globally
- David Moody, Director of Strategy & Business Development, leading on strategy and business development for the company
- Jaclyn Lee-Joe, Chief Marketing Officer, leading global brands, brand strategy for global services, and marketing for all business and formats
Tim Davie says: “Now that Mark and I have our full Executive Committee in place, we are looking forward to getting on with growing BBC Studios as a world-class home for British creativity.”
The appointments will take effect in April with the formation of the new company. The Executive Committee will be responsible for the day-to-day management of BBC Studios, in line with the strategy and financial plan agreed by the BBC Commercial Holdings Board.
In addition to these appointments, BBC Worldwide’s Chief Content Officer, Helen Jackson, has announced her decision to leave the company after 31 years.
Tim Davie says: “Helen’s contribution to the BBC is hard to overstate. She has had both the vision and the relationships to attract numerous producers to BBC Worldwide over many years and is rightly held in the highest regard both inside and outside the organisation.”
Helen will remain at BBC Studios throughout 2018, working closely with indie partners and continuing as a director on the board of a number of invested indies.
Appointments previously announced to the new BBC Studios Executive Committee include Tim Davie, CEO; Mark Linsey, CCO; Tom Fussell, CFO; Anna Mallett, COO and MD, Production; Martyn Freeman, General Counsel and Jabbar Sardar, HR Director.
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