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The UK’s Royal Television Society has hired a erstwhile ITV, ITN and Channel 4 firm relations leader arsenic CEO.
Sophie Jones will return complete later this twelvemonth successful 1 of nan biggest UK TV manufacture roles. She replaces Theresa Wise, who is retiring aft 13 years astatine nan helm.
Jones joins from nan British Phonographic Industry waste and acquisition body, which organizes nan Brit and Mercury awards. Previously, she was Head of Corporate Relations astatine Channel 4, wherever she worked connected awesome nationalist affairs and communications campaigns and was intimately progressive pinch nan broadcaster’s ‘4 All nan UK’ location strategy. She has besides held akin elder roles astatine ITV and ITN.
RTS said Jones will “work intimately pinch nan RTS’s Board of Trustees, overseeing nan Society’s extended acquisition activities, awards, conventions, nationalist and location centres and rank community.” The society’s adjacent large arena is RTS London, which takes spot successful September and is being organized successful business pinch Amazon.
All3Media leader Jane Turton, who is chair of nan RTS Board of Trustees, said Jones’ “deep acquisition of accumulation and broadcasting will beryllium a valuable plus to nan RTS arsenic we proceed to turn nan Society, adapting to nan demands of a very accelerated changing media world.”
Jones added: “Throughout my profession successful television, I person worked intimately pinch and knowledgeable nan worth of nan society’s captious activity – from profession improvement and invaluable insights, to championing nan UK’s nations and regions and celebrating nan creation and subject of tv successful its world people awards. To beryllium asked to lead this awesome institution into its adjacent phase, astatine a clip of specified pivotal change, is simply a immense privilege that I return connected pinch some tremendous respect and excitement. Theresa leaves an awesome bequest that I look guardant to building connected pinch nan support of nan RTS’s superb team, committee and web of volunteers astir nan UK.”
