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Marcus Arthur
Managing Director
Global Brands
Global Brands drives greater value from the company's leading
international and multi-format properties, which include Top Gear,
Dancing with the Stars, Doctor Who, Lonely Planet and BBC Earth.
Marcus is also responsible for Digital Entertainment and Games,
Live Entertainment, and the Magazines Unit. He also oversees the
company's global advertising sales and marketing teams. He began
his career at Redwood Publishing, joining BBC Worldwide in 1991. In
1997 he became Publisher of BBC Magazines' Lifestyle titles and in
2002 was appointed Publishing Director of Radio Times, delivering
the listing magazine's most profitable year in 2004.
Jana Bennett
President
Worldwide Networks & Global BBC 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,
one of the world's leading multimedia content groups,
commissioning, producing and broadcasting across BBC television and
the web. Her extensive television career also includes being
Executive Vice President and General Manager at Discovery
Communications, where she played a key role in the development of
its channel portfolio in North America. In 2000 she was awarded an
OBE for services to science broadcasting.
Paul Dempsey
Managing Director
Consumer Products
Paul oversees Consumer Products, a global producer and
distributor of TV entertainment packaged media, including DVD,
Blu-ray, DTO, licensed product, music, BBC Shop and book publishing
partnerships. Paul joined BBC Worldwide in 1998 as UK Sales
Director and became Managing Director of BBC Audiobooks in 2002. He
was appointed Director of BBC Worldwide's Audio & Music
business when it was established in 2006. Prior to joining BBC
Worldwide, Paul's background in sales and marketing included eight
years at Mars Confectionery, followed by two years as Sales
Director of Frontline Ltd, formerly BBC Worldwide's magazine joint
venture business.
Charlotte Elston
Director of Communications
Charlotte oversees all areas of communications at BBC Worldwide,
including external PR, internal communications, corporate affairs
and events. 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.
Martyn Freeman
General Counsel
Martyn Freeman was appointed General Counsel for BBC Worldwide
in November 2011. He has responsibility for all legal, business
affairs, policy and regulatory matters, including the negotiation
of transactions and joint ventures, rights and deals management,
editorial and commercial policy, crisis management, compliance and
talent accounting. Previously, Martyn was in charge of BBC
Worldwide's Legal and Business Affairs teams, and has held a
variety of roles across the BBC, including Head of Business
Affairs, Radio & Music, Factual & Learning and News.
Daniel Heaf
EVP & Managing Director
Consumer Digital
Daniel Heaf was made EVP & Managing Director, Consumer
Digital in March 2012, after two years as BBC Worldwide's Digital
Director. He oversees all BBC Worldwide's global
consumer-facing digital businesses and is responsible for driving a
unified global digital strategy and consumer vision. This new role
is in addition to his existing strategic responsibilities for
the company's digital growth strategy. Dan began his digital career
founding and running a successful start-up and has also worked for
Time Out, AOL, BBC Radio and Channel 4's corporate venture fund,
4IP.
Helen Jackson
Managing Director
Content & Production
Helen is responsible for BBC Worldwide's content development and
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.
Steve Macallister
President & Managing Director
Sales & Distribution
Steve took up this role in 2007 and is responsible for the
global exploitation of our catalogue of BBC and independently
produced TV 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. As part of his role, Steve is responsible for BBC
Worldwide Showcase, the biggest TV sales event of its kind hosted
by a single distributor.
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. He began his career with
strategy consultants The LEK Partnership, worked at Singapore
Telecom International and United News & Media in strategy and
business development roles and co-founded Dataroam, a wireless
application service provider, where he was Finance Director. He
joined the BBC in 2002 as Commercial Director for BBC Ventures
Group, before moving to BBC Worldwide in 2004.
Deborah Rowland
People Director
Deborah Rowland joined BBC Worldwide as People Director in
September 2011 and is responsible for all aspects of HR, Technology
and Property. Her remit incorporates IT infrastructure, programmes
and projects; organisational development and learning, talent
management, resourcing, training, reward, culture, engagement and
employee relations; and the ongoing management of Worldwide's
workplace environment. Before BBC Worldwide, Deborah was
Executive Vice President Global Human Resources at Gucci Group.
Previously a founder and Managing Partner of Transcend Consultancy,
she has also worked for Shell, PepsiCo and Towers Perrin. Deborah
has researched and published extensively in the field of leadership
and organisational change.
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 network in cable TV Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike TV and
Noggin. Before joining BBC Worldwide, Herb was CEO of Next New
Networks, a digital media company he co-founded in 2006, which was
subsequently acquired by Google.
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