Channel 4 has hired a Chief Financial Officer amidst its 250-staff layoff program. The network has brought in Lucy Thomas in the expanded CFO role.
Deadline revealed that Finance Director Vince Russell was leaving at the end of last year after five years. Reporting to CEO Alex Mahon, Thomas will lead finance across the public broadcaster.
She will act as a business partner to Mahon and the executive team, identifying commercial and strategic opportunities and supporting the digital transformation of the business.
She was most recently Chief Financial & Operating Officer at Bauer Audio, where she led a commercial finance team spanning nine markets across Europe.
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