A+E Networks has appointed Ninder Billing VP unscripted co-productions international and Alexandra Finlay VP scripted co-productions international.
Based in London, they will lead the expansion of A+E Networks’ International co-productions for unscripted and scripted, respectively. They will be responsible for identifying opportunities with global appeal and overseeing development and production working in close collaboration with the company’s extensive network of producers, creatives and commissioning partners.
Commenting on the appointments, Patrick Vien, group MD, A+E International, to whom they will report, said: “We are delighted to welcome Ninder and Alexandra, two remarkably talented executives with deep experience and impressive track records of success.
“They join A+E Networks at a time when co-productions are growing in global appeal, and the company is poised to play a leadership role in the industry.
Vien continued: “Our success with such hit series as Miss Scarlet and the Duke (PBS Masterpiece); Red Election (Disney+ EMEA) and North Sea Connection (BBC), and the premium doc series Damien Lewis: Spy Wars (Paramount+), is a testament to our ambition to work with the best talented teams worldwide”.
Billing comes to A+E Networks from Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP), where she served as creative director, leading the premium factual slate focusing on streamer, international and UK terrestrial unscripted output.
She was previously commissioning editor in Factual at Channel 5, where she also oversaw the channel’s news output and has worked at the BBC as executive producer in documentaries. Billings has also run her own production company, Class Films, and been an executive producer delivering current affairs for the BBC and Dispatches (C4).
Meanwhile, Finlay joins A+E Networks from Shaftesbury, having served as VP, creative and co-productions. Prior to her five-year tenure at Shaftesbury, Finlay was head of acquisitions and co-productions at multichannel broadcaster UKTV, where she expanded UKTV’s relationship with major US studios.
