K.J. Yossman BBC Studios’ interim CEO Tom Fussell has been appointed to the post permanently, the studio revealed today.He will also join the BBC’s executive committee.Fussell was appointed interim CEO of the BBC’s commercial production and distribution arm in September 2020.
He replaced Tim Davie, who left the post to become director general of the BBC.Before joining the BBC in 2016, as chief financial officer of BBC Worldwide, Fussell was the CFO of Shine Group and held commercial and finance director roles at publishing houses Harper Collins and Random House.
Before then, he worked in a variety of financial roles at the BBC from 1997 and 2007.After rejoining the BBC, he became CFO of BBC Studios in 2018 and is also chair of BBC.
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