BBC Studios has announced the appointment of Amanda Jones as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She was previously interim CFO.
Jones will join the BBC Studios Executive Committee and will become a member of the BBC’s Commercial Board. She will take up the role in August, reporting to Tom Fussell, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BBC Studios/Commercial.
As CFO Jones will be responsible for the overall financial strategy and teams for the BBC’s commercial group, as well as overseeing budgeting, reporting, business support and financial controls. She will work closely with the CEO and the rest of the executive committee, as well as key BBC Group and external stakeholders, to shape strategy that will help the company deliver its ambitious commercial plans.
Tom Fussell, CEO, BBC Studios, said: “As BBC Studios seeks to grow its business in a highly challenging market, Amanda will be instrumental in helping us drive the business forward to deliver against our ambitious plans. She is a highly commercial finance executive with extensive experience at board level in large and global organisations and holds an impressive track record in bringing together different businesses and supporting digital product growth strategies in traditional media organisations.”
Jones has a wide-ranging background in finance, working across media organisations that include Sky, ITV and Emap, as well as data, insight and consulting company Kantar. She has held several finance executive roles, most recently as CFO of Kantar Worldpanel, where she is credited with transforming the finance function and supporting the business in delivering a comprehensive change agenda across commercial, operational, product and technology functions to enable revenue growth, and support more efficient and technology-enabled ways of working.
Amanda Jones added: “I’m delighted to be joining BBC Studios at such a pivotal point on its journey. As a world-renowned content company with a distinctive global brand, BBC Studios has enormous potential for continued growth and innovation. I look forward to working closely with the leadership team to drive sustainable growth, strengthen our financial strategy, and support its creative and commercial ambitions around the world.”
Fussell also expressed his thanks to Lorraine Burgess who has stepped down from the role.
