Marcus Arthur
Managing Director, Brands,
Consumers & New Ventures
Marcus manages the development of our major global brands, our
consumer relationships and some of our nascent, high-potential
businesses. He began his career in advertising sales, joining BBC
Worldwide in 1991 and the BBC Magazines Board in 2001. Appointed
Publishing Director of Radio Times in 2002, he served on the boards
of our magazine joint-venture businesses Frontline Ltd, BBC
Haymarket Exhibitions Ltd and Galleon CI Ltd. He took up his
current role in 2008.
Jana Bennett
President, Worldwide Networks
& Global iPlayer
Jana is responsible for BBC Worldwide's portfolio of TV
channels, and the development and roll out of the commercial global
BBC iPlayer. Until February 2011 she was Director of BBC Vision, in
charge of BBC Television and Vision Productions. Her extensive
television career also includes being EVP and GM at Discovery
Communications in the USA. In 2000 she was awarded an OBE for
services to science and broadcasting.
Sarah Cooper
Chief Operating Officer
and Deputy CEO
Sarah leads a legal team responsible for the negotiation of all
BBC Worldwide's major acquisitions, joint ventures and
partnerships, as well as all regulatory compliance and rights
acquisition by the company. Since 2008 Sarah has led the Technology
team of BBC Worldwide, overseeing our IT infrastructure and
development, and is also responsible for Talent Accounting and BBC
Advertising.
Paul Dempsey
Managing Director,
Consumer Products
Paul is Chief Executive of our video business 2 entertain,
comprising DVD and DTO. He is also responsible for our music
business, licensed products, book publishing partnerships and
direct-to-consumer retail sales. His sales and marketing experience
includes Mars Confectionery and Sales Director of Frontline Ltd. He
joined BBC Worldwide in 1998 as UK Sales Director, was appointed
Director of Audio & Music in 2006 and took up his current role
in 2008.
Charlotte Elston
Director of
Communications
Charlotte took up her role in January 2010. She began her career
with Edelman PR in London, and then spent seven years at Brunswick,
the international corporate communications agency. In 2003 she was
appointed Head of Communications at Pearson plc and was Group
Communications Director at Aegis Group plc from 2005 to 2009.
Michelle Emmerson
Group HR
Director
Michelle is responsible for all aspects of BBC Worldwide's
people strategy including reward, culture and employee relations.
She also manages business continuity, health and safety, and
facilities management. Michelle joined the BBC in January 2009 from
EMI Music where she held a number of senior positions including
Senior Vice President, Human Resources.
Helen Jackson
Managing Director,
Content & Production
Helen is responsible for BBC Worldwide's content investment
strategy with the BBC and independent producers, our international
production network and talent and brand ventures. She was appointed
to her current role in December 2010, having previously held the
post of BBC Worldwide's Director of Independents. Joining BBC
Worldwide more than two decades ago, Helen has built up formidable
commercial experience of the television sector holding various
roles across international sales and distribution, marketing and
content investment.
Helen Kellie
Chief Marketing
Officer
Helen joined BBC Worldwide in October 2008 with responsibility
for marketing across all BBC Worldwide businesses, building the BBC
Worldwide brand and prioritising its portfolio of sub-brands around
the world. She was previously Director of Marketing Communications
and Audiences for BBC Vision and she has also worked for household
products company Reckitt Benckiser plc.
Steve Macallister
Managing Director,
Sales & Distribution
Steve took up this role in 2007 and is responsible for the
exploitation around the world of our catalogue of BBC and
independently produced content. He began his career in advertising
sales, later moving to television exports covering Europe, Asia
Pacific and the Middle East with the Walt Disney Company. Prior to
joining BBC Worldwide, he was Senior Vice President and Managing
Director of Buena Vista International Television for the Asia
Pacific region.
David Moody
Director of
Strategy
David is responsible for all aspects of the company's direction
and objectives, he also leads major deal negotiations and business
reviews. From 2005 to 2009 he combined this role with that of
Managing Director of Digital Media, growing our digital activities
from a start-up position to the business area it is today. He began
his career with strategy consultants The LEK Partnership and joined
the BBC in 2002 as Commercial Director for BBC Ventures Group,
before moving to BBC Worldwide in 2004.
Peter Phippen
Managing Director,
Magazines
As part of his role Peter is Chairman of Bristol Magazines,
Chairman of BBC Haymarket Exhibitions, and Chairman of Park
Publishing and of Worldwide Media, our joint ventures in Australia
and India respectively. He is a Director of Frontline Ltd and of
Dovetail Ltd. Currently a Director of the international magazine
association FIPP and a Director of the Professional Publishers
Association (PPA), Peter joined BBC Worldwide from IPC in 1987 and
was President of BBC Worldwide Americas from 1998 to 2001.
Herb Scannell
President,
BBC Worldwide Americas
Appointed in June 2010, Herb is responsible for the company's US
and Canadian business. Formerly Vice Chairman of MTV Networks and
President of Nickelodeon Networks, he oversaw all creative and
business operations for a portfolio of brands including number-one
rated Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike TV and Noggin. Herb was most
recently CEO of Next New Networks, a digital media company he
co-founded in 2006, which was recently acquired by Google.
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