Hilary Rosen has been appointed BAFTA‘s deputy chair of its board of trustees.
Alongside BAFTA chair Sara Putt, Rosen will assist oversee the supply of the British Academy’s mission as an arts charity, championing creatives and practitioners working in movie, video games and TV.
The deputy chair is voted for by elected members of BAFTA’s sector committees and the board and can succeed the chair within the fall of 2026.
“I’m honored to have been elected as deputy chair of BAFTA,” stated Rosen. “It’s an unimaginable group and I’m delighted to get to work intently with Sara over the subsequent 12 months. I look ahead to working extra intently with the sector committees throughout movie, video games and tv and the senior management staff.”
“As my position at BAFTA has grown, I’ve gained data and perception into this group and the challenges it faces and can guarantee my time as deputy chair is as impactful as potential.”
Rosen is presently director of commissioning at UKTV and leads a staff of commissioners, overseeing a rising slate of authentic scripted and unscripted content material comparable to the brand new drama collection Outrageous, Bergerac, and I, Jack Wright.
She was the unique commissioner of Dave’s BAFTA-winning Taskmaster. Below Rosen’s management, UKTV was the primary broadcaster to BAFTA Albert certify all commissions to scale back a manufacturing’s carbon footprint and the primary to decide to paying entry prices on each manufacturing.
She started her profession in tv in BBC Information & Present Affairs, as a researcher on Panorama, earlier than transferring on to work within the impartial manufacturing sector. Rosen joined the BAFTA Tv Committee in 2021 and has been chair for the final two years, alongside turning into a Board Trustee.