Production Guild of Great Britain CEO Lyndsay Duthie To Depart

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Lyndsay Duthie, who has run the Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB) for the past five years, is exiting. Duthie will take up a new role at the end of January 2025 as Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic Partnerships and Industry Engagement at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA).

Duthie is a popular figure in industry circles. During her time at the PGGB, she has overseen major shifts in the production landscape including the Covid-19 pandemic, strikes, boom period and streamer contraction, while launching initiatives such as six Nations & Regions Committees and the organization’s first Diversity and Inclusion Action Group and Sustainability Committee.

She also secured the PGGB’s first Royal Patron, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and created an award bearing his name: The Duke of Edinburgh Film and TV Inclusion Award, which is presented annually at PGGB’s Talent Showcase.

Recruitment for her replacement will open this week. Duthie said: “It has been a huge honour to lead such a prestigious organisation with some of the world’s best production professionals in the film and television industry.