Former Paramount company boss John Curbishley is returning to the BBC in a beefed-up technique and transformation position.
Curbishley was beforehand EVP of Company Technique at Paramount International, the place he spent 4 years working by way of the pandemic and shepherding the ViacomCBS merger.
He takes on the Chief Technique and Transformation Officer put up on the BBC, which has been beefed up because the departure of Group Director of Technique and Efficiency Gautam Rangarajan. Curbishley’s new position will see him sit down on the BBC’s Govt Committee (EC) and convey collectively the BBC’s technique and transformation agendas. It comes at an important time, with constitution renewal simply two years away and the way forward for the company’s funding mannequin up for dialogue. The BBC has additionally immediately introduced that Chief Product Officer Storm Fagan has been appointed to the EC.
Having graduated each Oxford and Harvard, Curbishley started his profession within the BBC’s company technique staff earlier than he moved Stateside, working for NBCUniversal then AccentHealth and eventually Paramount International.
Director-Common Tim Davie mentioned: “I’m delighted to welcome John to the BBC and to the Govt Committee. His expertise and perception will present robust management to our Technique and Transformation groups throughout this necessary subsequent part for the BBC.”
Curbishley mentioned: “After starting my media profession within the BBC’s company technique staff, I’m delighted to be returning to the organisation to take up this position at such an important time for our business. I consider the BBC’s mission has by no means been extra related than it’s immediately, and it is going to be a privilege to play a component in charting its future.”
The information comes just some weeks after Deadline revealed that John Protect, the BBC’s long-serving and well-liked communications boss, was exiting. His successor continues to be being sought. The BBC’s largest position in TV, the chief content material officer, can also be at the moment being checked out following Charlotte Moore’s exit announcement.
