Princess Productions Completes Senior Restructure
5th Jun 2014
Princess Productions today confirmed the completion of the company’s leadership team re-structure with Emma Hardy and Conor Baily becoming co-Managing Directors on a permanent basis.
The appointments follow a successful six month interim period for the pair, including the winning of the contract to produce The National Lottery Live as announced earlier this week.
Will Spokes joins the company in the newly created role of Joint Head of Programmes with a remit to broaden the current slate. Spokes worked previously at Princess as Executive Producer in 2012 and at fellow group company Shine TV for four years before this. Most recently he served as a Creative Director at Tuesday’s Child.
Head of Entertainment Anna Blue is promoted to become Joint Head of Programmes with Spokes. Originally joining Princess in 2010 as Entertainment Executive, Blue most recently served as Executive Producer on The Face for Sky Living and played a key role in the successful tender for the National Lottery contract.
In addition, James Townley is promoted to the expanded role of Head of Business Development and Communications. Townley joined Princess from Sky in 2011 where he had previously worked as Production Executive, Entertainment.
Henrietta Conrad, Chairman, Princess Productions said: “These appointments mark the final parts of the leadership restructure at Princess. Emma and Conor have excelled since stepping into their new roles and I could not be more delighted that they will be continuing as Managing Directors on a permanent basis. Will and Anna are respected creatives and hands on Executive Producers who form an exceptional team to head up programming. They will all continue to benefit from James’ support which his extended role recognizes.”
In addition to The National Lottery Live, Princess are currently in production with the fifth series of Sky 1HD’s hit entertainment show Got To Dance and long running year round series The Wright Stuff and Sunday Brunch .
