Gill Pritchard Takes Children’s Lead in BBC Worldwide

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK broadcaster BBC, has appointed Gill Pritchard as head of children’s in the home entertainment team. The role has stood empty since the end of 2006 and follows a reorganization that has taken the children’s business into the £186 million turnover home entertainment division.

Pritchard’s career was previously business development director in charge of developing and building the commercial media player that BBC Worldwide plans to launch later this year. Before that she was head of strategy at BBC Worldwide and also spent a year at the BBC as financial & commercial strategy manager. Before joining the BBC, she was a consultant at both Deloitte & Touche and Andersen Business Consulting. Pritchard takes up the role in September.