Creative Director
CurrentCreative Director (Feb 2021 - present)- Provide advice and support in pursuit of the highest creative standards across BBC News, with a focus on BBC World Service Television. Manage launches, re-brands and special programming- Part of the launch team for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on BBC OneStudio and OB Director (Feb 2019 - Feb 2021) - Newsnight (BBC Two), directed many busy programmes throughout Brexit and the Covid 19 pandemic- Sunday Politics London (BBC One)- Hardtalk (BBC News / World News)Launch Director - World 2020 Project, Africa Stream (Jun 2017 - Jan 2019)- Develop and launch a range of programmes for African TV audiences across a variety of genres including the Emmy® nominated children's programme What's New? and Money Daily, which was broadcast live from the BBC's Nairobi bureau- Recruit and train the Nairobi studio team to achieve timely and highly successful launchesDirector - Victoria Derbyshire, BBC Two & BBC News Channel (Nov 2015 - Nov 2016)- Morning programme with feature interviews, topical discussions and live coverage of major news storiesDirector - BBC News / World News (Jan 2012 - Feb 2021)- 2014 US Midterms (election night coverage from Washington DC studios)- Outside Source- Global- Newsday- World News America- Focus On Africa- World News Bulletins- Rolling coverage of breaking news