Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television have announced that BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore is to be the new CEO of Left Bank Pictures as well as EVP, Creative Director across SPT’s International Production Group.
The news follows yesterday’s announcement that Left Bank Pictures founder and CEO Andy Harries is leaving his role to become the first Executive Chair of the indie.
EVP, Creative Director, SPT International Production is a newly created role which will see Moore lead the group’s creative strategy. She will work with President, Wayne Garvie and Matthew Justice, EVP Head of UK & Europe, as well as group production company and label heads, and the wider Sony Pictures and Sony Corp groups.
Moore has been given a mandate to “develop new concepts, new projects and talent initiatives” and will “drive the group’s strategy to identify and maximise opportunities for investment, and champion creative opportunities within the market.”
Moore has been Chief Content Officer at the BBC since 2020, serving as the creative lead for all of the BBC’s network television and radio output and services, including BBC iPlayer, Sounds, Film, Sport and Children’s & Education.
Charlotte Moore, says, “It’s an honour to be joining the brilliant team at Left Bank to become CEO of one of the UK’s most successful production companies, which is an absolute credit to Andy Harries. I couldn’t be more excited to be returning to programme making and I’m thrilled to be joining Wayne Garvie and the Sony group as EVP, Creative Director.
“It’s been a privilege to lead the BBC creatively through a time of such unprecedented change, championing the very best British storytelling across radio and tv. I’m incredibly grateful to all the brilliant commissioning teams and programme makers I’ve worked with along the way. The BBC is an extraordinary place to work. There’s nowhere quite like it that backs risk taking, innovation and homegrown creativity with such commitment. But I’m ready to take on a new challenge and can’t wait to embark on a whole new adventure with Left Bank Pictures and Sony.”
Wayne Garvie, President, International Production, Sony Pictures Television, says, “It is thrilling to welcome Charlotte to Left Bank and to our Sony Pictures family. One of the outstanding executives of her generation, it will be fantastic to have her leading the phenomenal team at Left Bank into a new era. And as our Creative Director, she will play a key role in ensuring Sony continues to maximise the opportunities of the digital age.
“I have long had huge respect for Charlotte and everything she has achieved at the BBC. In the rich UK media ecology, PSBs play a pivotal role, and their sustainability is essential. In her storeyed and esteemed career at the BBC, she has been an integral force in continuing to make our national broadcaster a globally renowned institution of the highest regard, and one of which we can all be immensely proud. Welcoming her to Sony and this next chapter for Left Bank is tremendously exciting.”
Moore will work closely alongside Andy Harries for a handover period, and will report into Wayne Garvie. She will join the companies later this year.
As well as Left Bank Pictures, the SPT International Production group includes: scripted companies Bad Wolf (Doctor Who, Industry, Dope Girls); Eleven (Sex Education, Ten Pound Poms, Lord Of The Flies); Eleventh Hour Films (Magpie, Moonflower & Marble Hall Murders, Nine Bodies In A Mexican Morgue); Curio Pictures (The Artful Dodger, Narrow Road To The Deep North); Fable (Mr Loverman); Blueprint (A Very English, British & Royal Scandal); the Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn company Hot Sauce launched in 2024, who recently announced ITV’s Helen Ziegler as Creative Director; an internal international production studio (My Life With The Walter Boys); and scripted production companies in central and south America, Teleset and Floresta.
Jon Creamer
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