BAFTA today announces that Hilary Rosen, chair of the Television Committee, has been appointed deputy chair of its Board of Trustees, following a highly competitive election process.
Alongside BAFTA’s chair, Sara Putt, Hilary will help oversee the delivery of BAFTA’s mission as an arts charity to champion creatives and practitioners working in film, games and TV, by recognising exceptional storytelling and technical achievement through its annual awards and promoting best practice and greater inclusion in the screen arts through its year-round talent development programmes.
The appointment is for a term of one year. The deputy chair is voted by elected members of BAFTA’s sector committees and the Board and will succeed the chair in autumn 2026.
Hilary Rosen, said: “I’m honoured to have been elected as deputy chair of BAFTA, it’s an incredible organisation and I’m delighted to get to work closely with Sara over the next year. I look forward to working more closely with the sector committees across film, games and television and the senior leadership team. As my role at BAFTA has grown, I have gained knowledge and insight into this community and the challenges it faces and will ensure my time as deputy chair is as impactful as possible.”
Sara Putt, chair of BAFTA, said: “I’m thrilled that Hilary has been appointed deputy chair. She brings extensive experience from the television industry which will be invaluable to BAFTA. I know how committed she is to our charitable mission to support, empower and celebrate the screen industries. I look forward to working with Hilary.”
Hilary Rosen is currently director of commissioning at UKTV and leads a team of commissioners, overseeing a growing slate of original scripted and unscripted content such as the new drama series Outrageous, Bergerac and I, Jack Wright, the award-winning Emma Willis Delivering Babies and Big Zuu’s Big Eats. She was original commissioner of Dave’s BAFTA-winning Taskmaster. Under Hilary’s leadership, UKTV was the first broadcaster to BAFTA albert certify all commissions to reduce a production’s carbon footprint and the first to commit to paying access costs on every production.
Hilary began her career in television in BBC News & Current Affairs, as a researcher on Panorama, before moving on to work in the independent production sector, firstly at Lion Television as Senior Executive Producer, and later as Creative Director at Silver River Productions.
She joined the BAFTA Television Committee in 2021 and has been chair for the last two years, alongside becoming a Board Trustee. As chair, she guides the extensive work in running the TV and Craft juries and shapes the editorial approach for awards ceremonies. Outside of BAFTA and UKTV, Hilary regularly speaks on industry panels and chairs events and taskforces, most recently Film and TV Charity’s Mentally Healthy Productions initiative. She has also led roundtables combatting antisemitism and Islamophobia in the industry. She has been a consultant for BBC Academy and has sat on the advisory boards of Edinburgh Television Festival and Realscreen and is a mentor for women in television.
Notes to Editors:
BAFTA members serving on the Board of Trustees and elected members of its sector committees were eligible to stand. Candidates provided a full biography and a statement of interest and took part in an inaugural hustings-style event. Those eligible to vote were other elected members of the Board and committees.
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About BAFTA
BAFTA’s mission as a charity is to champion the creative and cultural importance of the screen arts across film, games, and television. Through its Awards ceremonies and year-round programme of talent initiatives and learning events that include masterclasses, lectures, scholarships, bursaries, and mentoring schemes in the UK and North America, BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires, and nurtures new screen talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration. For more, visit www.bafta.org. BAFTA is a registered charity (no. 216726).
