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Manori Ravindran International EditorUniversal International Studios has promoted Ed Havard to lead its unscripted efforts as senior VP of creative, unscripted programming.Based in London and reporting into head of studio David O’Donoghue, Havard will be responsible for leading the studio’s unscripted strategy in the U.K., and building on strategic partnerships with creators, producers and on-screen talent to source shows with global scale and appeal. Havard most recently served as VP of creative partnerships.In the new role, Havard will be tasked with tapping further into NBCUniversal’s talent roster and IP library, identifying new opportunities to build on the company’s unscripted brands, and fostering more creative partnerships between production subsidiaries Monkey, Matchbox Pictures, the studio’s formats division and Universal Television Alternative Studio.

Universal International Studios has promoted Ed Havard to lead non-scripted UK programing.

Universal Studio Group has made permanent the interim roles held by Beatrice Springborn and David O’Donoghue, with Springborn becoming President of UCP and Universal International Studios and O’Donoghue taking on the Head of Universal International Studios post.