Sara Geater Named CEO of talkbackTHAMES

LONDON: FremantleMedia has promoted Sara Geater to CEO of its U.K. production arm, talkbackTHAMES, after having served in an interim role since June.

Geater also joins the FremantleMedia operating board as part of this promotion. She joined the company as COO in March 2007, and became interim CEO in June of this year.

Tony Cohen, the CEO of FremantleMedia, said: “Sara has a wealth of knowledge and extensive experience in television on both the production and commercial side of the business. She’s done an exceptional job in her interim position as CEO of talkbackTHAMES, and I’m delighted that Sara will be taking up this new role.”

Geater added: “I’m thrilled to be leading one of the U.K.’s leading independent companies with some of the most talented on- and off-screen creatives. Our new growth strategy will allow us to build on our successes and invest in the future whilst capitalizing on FremantleMedia’s extensive global network and commercial capabilities.”