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BAFTA announces restructure of senior management team

23 April 2021
  • Emma Baehr, Tim Hunter, Louise Robertson and Tim Yates elevated to Executive Directors
  • Donna Mathews appointed as Executive Director of PR & Communications

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced a restructure to its senior management team. The Executive team, including the newly formed role, Executive Director of PR & Communications, will report into BAFTA’s Chief Executive Amanda Berry OBE & Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of BAFTA Enterprises, Kevin Price. 

The new senior management team is:

  • Emma Baehr, Executive Director of Awards & Content (formerly Director of Awards & Membership at BAFTA)
  • Tim Hunter, Executive Director of Learning, Inclusion Policy & Membership (formerly Director of Learning & New Talent at BAFTA)
  • Donna Mathews, Executive Director of PR & Communications (formerly Head of PR, Content and Programmes at Channel 4)
  • Louise Roberston, Executive Director of Partnerships & Fundraising (formerly Director of Partnerships at BAFTA) 
  • Tim Yates, Executive Director of Finance & Information (formerly Director of Finance at BAFTA)

The leadership restructure comes at a pivotal time of change for BAFTA, with a new streamlined approach to management which combines managerial responsibilities to deliver key strategic priorities. The new structure provides clearer delineation between the governance and strategy of BAFTA (the charity) and BAFTA Enterprises which through its variety of commercial enterprises provides funding and resources to allow BAFTA to deliver its year-round charitable activity.  The Chief Executive, Amanda Berry OBE, leads the creative and strategic direction of BAFTA and Kevin Price is Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of BAFTA Enterprises.

Donna Mathew’s arrival at BAFTA will complete this restructure. Donna brings with her a wealth of experience from Channel 4 where she was Head of PR for Content and Programmes. She has over 20 years’ experience working in communications within the television, film and creative industries and has most recently led Channel 4’s consumer communications, influencer and digital communications and picture publicity teams responsible for delivering high-impact PR campaigns. 

Amanda Berry OBE, Chief Executive of BAFTA, said: “I am hugely proud that BAFTA brings great people together to do extraordinary work, celebrating excellence and ensuring the next generation of talent are discovered and supported. I am delighted to confirm Donna’s appointment which completes our new Executive team. We can now move forward to deliver our ambitious strategy and vision for the coming years to grow and develop our work, reaching more people than ever before.  The new team will bring their breadth of experience, knowledge and creativity together to realise BAFTA’s vision for the future.”

Donna Mathews said: "This is such an exciting time to be joining BAFTA, an organisation I’ve long admired for its commitment to supporting and celebrating creative talent and driving positive industry change. I’m delighted to be joining Amanda and the Executive team to help amplify the work BAFTA does and the impact it has.”

The UK leadership team also includes: Emma Perry, Director of BAFTA Media Technology (BMT), Julian Shaw, Director of BAFTA Piccadilly and newly appointed Carys Taylor, Director of albert. 

Notes to editors 

Since 2011, BAFTA has chaired albert, the industry task force on sustainability in the industry, and from January 2021 albert was officially constituted into the BAFTA Group. albert aims to eliminate waste and carbon emissions from TV and film productions and support the industry in creating on-screen content strategies that enable the transition to an environmentally sustainable future.

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About BAFTA

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a world-leading independent arts charity that brings the very best work in film, games and television to public attention and supports the growth of creative talent in the UK and internationally. Through its Awards ceremonies and year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – which includes workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes in the UK, USA and Asia – BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires and nurtures new talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration. For advice and inspiration from the best creative minds in working in film, games and television, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.