BBC Worldwide is continuing its management restructuring with the appointment of Gerry Ritchie as vice president, distribution, EMEA in the newly integrated Global Channels and BBC World sales business.
Ritchie will head the combined teams in the creation of a single face to market of all the BBC’s commercial channel across EMEA. He was previously BBC World’s regional director of distribution and business development, responsible for distribution of the channel in Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and the Americas. Prior to this Ritchie worked for Turner Broadcasting Systems Europe Distribution Ltd as regional director of sales, where he was responsible for the distribution of CNN International, Cartoon Network and the former TNT.