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Jana Bennett announces latest senior appointments in
成人快手 Vision
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Jana Bennett, Director of the newly created 成人快手 Vision, has announced the latest in a series of senior appointments to the new group.
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Glenwyn Benson, currently Controller, Factual Television, 成人快手, will be Controller, Knowledge, with overall executive responsibility for delivering Knowledge (including Learning), driving the use of the full range of multimedia possibilities.
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Emma Swain, currently Commissioning Editor, Science, History and Natural History, will be Head of Multimedia Knowledge Commissioning, and Deputy Controller, Knowledge, reporting to Glenwyn.
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Announcing the latest series of appointments, Jana Bennett said: "The appointments of Glenwyn and Emma, who both have outstanding track records in factual programme-making and commissioning, are very significant for the 成人快手.
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"The delivery of programmes and content on Knowledge is one of the most important missions for the 成人快手 as we seek to deliver our vision as set out in Creative Future.
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"Glenwyn will be the chief architect of the 成人快手's Knowledge building mission as we enter the new Charter period, while Emma will ensure that our award-winning slates maintain momentum as we develop 360 degree commissioning.
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"Glenwyn and Emma will hugely increase the profile within our output of factual, formal learning and 成人快手 jam, the 成人快手's new digital curriculum service for children, and drive 360 degree content creation in this new area."
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Commissioners will retain responsibility for making commissioning decisions, as now, and Emma will retain responsibility for Science, History and Natural History.
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She will be working with the commissioners to ensure the commissioning team develop their new multimedia brief to meet the demand for 360 degree commissioning.
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Also announced today are three further senior appointments.
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Lesley Swarbrick will be Head of Human Resources and Development for 成人快手 Vision. Lesley is currently Head of HR and Development Manager for 成人快手 Television. She will lead the HR team across 成人快手 Vision to develop its capability in a changing world.
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Ian Critchley, currently Head of Human Resources and Development, 成人快手 Drama, Entertainment and Children's, will be Head of Production Talent, 成人快手 Vision.
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Ian will join Lesley's team and work closely with Peter Salmon, Chief Creative Officer, 成人快手 Vision. He will ensure a strategic approach to talent management within the group, and will offer insight and ideas on talent issues.
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Helen Kellie, currently Head of Brand and Planning, 成人快手, will be Head of Marketing, Communications and Audiences, 成人快手 Vision.
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Helen will be responsible for a team of 108 professional marketing and communications staff responsible for the marketing and promotion of programmes, content and services produced by the group.
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Jana Bennett said: "I am delighted to have been able to attract such an impressive list of talent to join the team who will build 成人快手 Vision.
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"Lesley, Helen and Ian will play a crucial role as part of our senior team in ensuring we deliver our vision to the audience.
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"Lesley is a very experienced HR professional who has an outstanding understanding of our business, built through work in almost all areas of the 成人快手.
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"Ian has built up a deserved strong reputation for talent management at Drama, Entertainment and Children's and I am delighted that he will focus on this vital area for our new group.
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"Helen brings strong experience of strategic marketing of the 成人快手, which will be vital as she helps us develop a new relationship with our audiences in the multimedia world."
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Biographies
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Glenwyn Benson has been Controller, Factual Television, since 2003.
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She began her broadcasting career at LWT and became Deputy Editor of Weekend World before joining the 成人快手 as Editor of On The Record. She was subsequently Editor of Panorama before taking charge of the 成人快手's adult education programming.
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She became the 成人快手's Head of Science and in 2000 became Controller, Specialist Factual. In 2001, she was appointed Joint Director, 成人快手 Factual and Learning, and was a member of the 成人快手's Executive Committee during this period.
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Emma Swain became Commissioning Editor, Specialist Factual in 2005. A freelance director for many years, making films for the 成人快手 and Channel 4, her directing credits include the science series Labours of Eve and The Limit as well as films for Comic Relief.
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In Specialist Factual, she has executive produced series for 成人快手 ONE on Space, Life Before Birth and The Secrets of Happiness.
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She has been deputy commissioner, Science and a Commissioner for Specialist Factual since 2002, commissioning Science, History, Business, Religion and Natural History for 成人快手 ONE, TWO, THREE and FOUR.
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Lesley Swarbrick joined the 成人快手 in 1990 as a personnel trainee and has held senior HR positions across the 成人快手, including Science, Factual, Production, Sport and Factual and Learning.
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She was appointed Head of HR and Development for 成人快手 Television in 2005. Before embarking on an HR career, Lesley worked as a freelance journalist and also spent periods in arts, voluntary sector administration and in recruitment.
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Ian Critchley joined the 成人快手 from Granada Television (where he was Head of Programme Services) in 1994 as a Personnel Manager in Music and Arts.
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He was subsequently Head of Personnel and Programme Services for 成人快手 Entertainment before taking up his present role as Head of Human Resources and Development for 成人快手 Drama, Entertainment and Children's in 2001.
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He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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Helen Kellie joined the 成人快手 in 2000 as Head of Marketing Strategy in Marketing, Communications and Audiences, where she led the initiation of the formal prioritisation of support for content and services across the 成人快手, and led on 成人快手 brand and branding.
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She also initiated the successful 成人快手 audience planning team, which works with programme makers on the development of programme ideas.
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She was previously a marketeer at Reckitt Benckiser in the UK, New York and Paris, latterly as Euro Category Director.
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成人快手 Vision
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The creation of 成人快手 Vision under Jana Bennett's leadership was announced on 19 July 2006 as part of Director-General Mark Thompson's plans to deliver the 成人快手's creative vision as outlined in Creative Future.
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The group will comprise more than 5,000 people and brings together three of the 成人快手's existing divisions - Television; Drama, Entertainment and Children's; and Factual and Learning.
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The creation of 成人快手 Vision will help the 成人快手 deliver 360 degree content creation (that is, creating and commissioning content for all the different ways of delivering it to the audience, including via the Internet) and help to prepare to meet the audiences' requirements in an increasingly on-demand world.
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The commissioning system is designed to bring the best ideas to the screen, including the best of independent production, backed by the new Window of Creative Competition.
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Appointments already announced by Jana Bennett for 成人快手 Vision include Peter Salmon (Chief Creative Officer), who rejoined the 成人快手 this week, and Jane Tranter (Controller, 成人快手 Fiction Multimedia Commissioning). Richard Deverell remains Controller of 成人快手 Children's.
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Further key appointments will be announced in the coming weeks.
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