Marcus Ryder Named CEO Of Film & TV Charity
deadline.comMarcus Ryder, the British diversity vet and former BBC news exec, has been named CEO of the UK’s Film & TV Charity. Ryder will start in the early autumn, replacing Alex Pumfrey, who moved to ITV earlier this year.
He is a BAFTA-winning former BBC news exec who has campaigned on diversity issues for decades. More recently, he set up the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity and was made chair of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
The charity is having a busy time of it of late, having ramped up its cost-of-living crisis help for film and TV industry workers along with its mental health support and research.
During her five-year tenure, Pumfrey spearheaded the creation of the Mental Health Taskforce as well as fundraising efforts for the Covid response.
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