Fiona Lang, general manager of BBC Studios Australia and New Zealand, will be leaving at the end of September after a decade with the company.
Lang has been responsible for BBC Studio’s overall business for 5 years overseeing Licensing and Brands, Branded Services and Content Sales teams.
“This has been an incredibly difficult decision to make, but having led the business through a critical stage in ANZ’s evolution, I feel that the time is right for me to pursue my next career opportunity, ” she wrote in an email to staff.
“I have absolutely loved leading this team and am very proud of what we have all achieved, from the creative deals that we have shaped for our channels, the new parts of the business that we have set up, including launching BBC First, BBC Studios Productions, BritBox and the Bluey commercial team, the recent launch of BBC News on BBC.com and the reshaping of our business to meet its very exciting digital future. You are a brilliant and very professional team, whose first-class support underpins everything we do.”
Recent and upcoming BBC ANZ titles include Dancing with the Stars, The 1% Club, Mastermind, Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye, The Office Australia, The Great Australian Bake Off, The Weakest Link, Return to Paradise.
Nick Percy, president of global markets, will take over Lang’s role until a full-time replacement is found.
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