The organisation’s first CEO will relocate from London to Los Angeles
Incoming BAFTA La CEO Chantal Rickards will start work on April 14 and reports to the BAFTA La board.
Rickards has spent the last 27 years in senior positions in television both in channel management and production. Most recently she served as head of programming and branded content at Mec, a division of giant media investor Group M.
Prior to that she was with the BBC as commissioning executive where she was responsible for launching and overseeing original programming for the UKTV lifestyle television channels.
Rickards began her career in television as a researcher at ITV’s Yorkshire Television where she spent 11 years in entertainment becoming a producer, director and executive producer.
After that she became channel director at Carlton Television’s Taste Network. Her TV credits include the international formats for Masterchef, Countdown and Through the Keyhole.
“BAFTA Los Angeles is in a growth period, expanding...
Incoming BAFTA La CEO Chantal Rickards will start work on April 14 and reports to the BAFTA La board.
Rickards has spent the last 27 years in senior positions in television both in channel management and production. Most recently she served as head of programming and branded content at Mec, a division of giant media investor Group M.
Prior to that she was with the BBC as commissioning executive where she was responsible for launching and overseeing original programming for the UKTV lifestyle television channels.
Rickards began her career in television as a researcher at ITV’s Yorkshire Television where she spent 11 years in entertainment becoming a producer, director and executive producer.
After that she became channel director at Carlton Television’s Taste Network. Her TV credits include the international formats for Masterchef, Countdown and Through the Keyhole.
“BAFTA Los Angeles is in a growth period, expanding...
- 2/26/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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