BBC Studios has appointed chief finance officer Tom Fussell as CEO, more than one year after Tim Davie moved to become DG. Fussell has held the interim post since September 2020, overseeing the pro…
Fussell has held the interim post since September 2020, overseeing the producer-distributor’s global strategy.with boosting commercial returns by 30% over the next five years, while also overseeing diversity and inclusion initiatives and multiple other areas of business.
“In the last year, Tom has proven himself an outstanding leader for BBC Studios, steering the company through its most difficult times with both conviction and compassion, and delivering strong results,” said Davie.BC Studios is a core part of the BBC Group and increasingly supports across all its strategic priorities from unique high priority content and impartiality to online and, of course, commercial income.
Fussell initially told staff he wouldn’t be applying for the role permanently and a number of senior female candidates including All3Media boss Jane Turton, former Endemol Shine Group CEO Sophie Turner Laing and now-Sky Studios chief Cécile Frot-Coutaz were understood to have turned it down in late 2020/early 2021.that BBCS had gone back to the market in its search for Davie’s replacement, a move ordered by chair Richard Sharp.
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