BBC Studios COO Martha Brass leaves for non-executive management roles
BBC Studios Productions revealed on Friday that Chief Operating Officer Martha Brass will leave the company this summer to concentrate on its growing portfolio of non-executive drivers and personal activities.
Brass, who joined the production force patient in September 2021, played a crucial role during a transforming period in which BBC Studios consolidated the possibilities for making content. During her term of office, she briefly supervised the production company after the exit of former CEO Ralph Lee in March 2024, the activities rose until the new CEO and Chief Creative Officer Zai Bennett took over in November.
The veteran -Exec played an important role in the strategic reorganization of BBC Studios from 2022 that merged the Productions and Content Partnerships Divisions in a uniform content outfit. This restructuring established four genre-based production areas script, factually, worldwide entertainment (formerly Global Formats Group) and Kids & Family (later accompanied by Audio)-creating a streamlined approach to creative and investment decisions in the portfolio of the company.
Under its operational leadership, BBC Studios Productions expanded its label footprint through strategic acquisitions, including Voltage TV (VK), STV (Nordics), Werner (Australia) and Brutal (Spain), in addition to minority investments in turbine, motherhood, MetTlemms. Brass also supervised the commercialization of children’s and audio content after their transfer of the BBC service suit.
An enthusiastic golf enthusiast with deep industrial connections, brass wrote history in October 2024 as the first female chairman of England Golf, the national administrative body for sport. Her board positions include non-executive director of the PGA European Tour, chairman of PGA European Tour Productions and non-executive director of the British Golf Association. This month she concluded her three -year board period at Screen Skills Limited.
Before he came to BBC Studios, Brass built an international television career on those executive functions comprised at heavyweights in the industry, including Pearson Television (now Fremantle Limited), 19 Entertainment, Endemol Shine Group and Newen Studios, working with production teams “, Big -formaten, and Big -Formaten, and Big -Formaten,,,, Big -Hiti Formats, and Big -Hiti Formats, and Big Formats, and Big Formats, and Big -Hit. “MasterChef”.
“I would like to thank Martha for her stewardship of BBC Studios Productions last year and the support she has since I have a member,” said Bennett. “Her estate is one of a laser -oriented, tireless desire to defend the company at the most senior level, while ensuring that everyone in the production family is set up and supported to deliver their very best work. I wish her the very best for the future. “
Tom Fussell, CEO BBC Studios, added: “It was so much fun working with and getting to know Martha in her time at BBC Studios. The energy and passion she brought to the company has been huge and she has been an important part of our growth story. We send her to her next efforts with great affection and thanks. “
Thinking about her departure, Brass noted: “I could not have closed my more than 25-year-old Executive career in international television in a better place than BBC Studios. The company has grown considerably and delivers fantastic programming to the public all over the world and to increase its investment and dividend contributions to the BBC. I am proud to be part of that growth and have worked with brilliant colleagues who share the values, passion and ambition that underline the global reputation of the BBC. “
