BBC Studios announces appointments of 4 genre programming bosses and 3 managing directors for different global regions.

BBC Studios - the new single commercial entity when BBC Worldwide is folded into BBC Studios as one production and distribution business - has announced its new global leadership team that will have 3 global regional bosses and 4 genre programming bosses.

In November 2017 the BBC announced that it's ending its BBC Worldwide commercial arm brand and folding its operations into BBC Studios starting April 2018.

At BBC Studios Hannah Wyatt will be the managing director for factual entertainment and events, Lisa Opie the managing director for factual, Nick Betts the managing director for scripted, and Suzy Lamb the managing director for entertainment and music.

For BBC Studios' global regions Ann Sarnoff will be president of the Americas, Marcus Arthur will be president of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australasia, while Paul Dempsey will be president for global markets covering the rest of the world.

Each regional president will be responsible for leading content sales, branded services including joint ventures, consumer products and other commercial exploitation activities in their market. The appointments will take effect in April with the formation of the new company.

“We are looking forward to getting on with growing BBC Studios as a world-class home for British creativity,” says Tim Davie who will be the BBC Studios CEO.

Paul Dempsey named the new interim CEO of BBC Worldwide until Tim Davie can fulfill the position permanently in 2013.

Domino effect: Paul Dempsey has been named the new interim CEO of BBC Worldwide - having to step in to replace Tim Davie who is actually the new CEO of BBC Worldwide, but had to suddenly fill in at the scandal-ridden BBC as the new acting director general after the resignation of George Entwistle.

BBC Worldwide Channels runs the TV channels BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle and CBeebies on MultiChoice's DStv in South Africa.

In a statement BBC Worldwide says that Paul Dempsey will be the interim CEO of BBC Worldwide from December until Tim Davie becomes available again in 2013.

Paul Dempsey, currently the managing director for consumer products at BBC Worldwide, will oversee the BBC's commercial arm from December. "I am proud and privileged to have been asked by Tim to take on these responsibilities as an interim measure until he arrives early next year. BBC Worldwide is a dynamic company with exciting times ahead of it. My immediate priority will be to provide the company with leadership and direction so it can keep on delivering great returns to the BBC."

Tim Davie says that Paul Dempsey has "a great track record at BBC Worldwide and a sound understanding of the commercial imperatives that have made it an international success. I have every faith that he is the right person to lead BBC Worldwide over the coming months and make sure it carries on supporting the BBC brand around the world."