BAFTA is expanding its North American operations by forming a North American board of directors that will unite the awards body’s New York and Los Angeles entities. And BAFTA is appointing Kathryn Busby, president of original programming at Starz, as the board’s new chair.
Also leading the new board as deputy chairs are actor Elliot Knight and Karl Stewart, who is the CEO of Thunder Child and president of 1TwentyFour.
The changes were approved by BAFTA’s U.S. members last year, and as a result, Matthew Wiseman, formerly the CEO of BAFTA Los Angeles, has been promoted and named as its executive director and head of North America.