BBC Promotes Joanna Abeyie to Everlasting Head of Artistic Range

The BBC has appointed its interim head of inventive variety, Joanna Abeyie, to the position completely.

In keeping with an inner notice from group chief working workplace Leigh Tavaziva and chief content material officer Charlotte Moore, Abeyie was chosen following a rigorous choice course of.

Media variety and inclusion practitioner Abeyie was introduced in in April to interchange June Sarpong, who spearheaded the position for 2 and a half years.

Abeyie will report back to the BBC’s incoming director of variety and inclusion, Chinny Okolidoh, who is about to affix the broadcaster imminently. She may also work carefully with Moore and director of countries Rhodri Talfan-Davies. Included in her remit shall be reviewing viewers panel processes alongside the Chief Buyer Workplace Group to ensure audiences embody under-represented teams so that there’s an array of views.

In 2008 Abeyie arrange Shine Media, a social enterprise which helped 3,000 individuals from numerous backgrounds work inside inventive industries, and a decade later, in 2018, arrange inclusive government search and variety and inclusion consultancy Blue Moon. She can be joint secretary of the the Artistic Range All-Social gathering Parliamentary Group, which she helped set up with Deborah Bull. In 2020, Abeyie was awarded an MBE (Most Glorious Order of the British Empire) for her providers to variety and inclusion within the inventive and media industries.

“It is a strategically vital position and Joanna shall be an skilled companion who will drive finest follow and assist fulfil the BBC’s Artistic Range Technique,” Tavaziva and Moore stated of their notice, welcoming Abeyie completely to the position. “She’s going to assist commissioners with editorial selections in addition to leaders throughout the organisation to enhance variety and inclusion on-screen and on-air.”