Ruth Clarke Promoted to Managing Director of ITVS GE

LONDON: Ruth Clarke has been elevated at ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) to the managing director post.

Clarke was previously the executive VP of global content strategy and investment at ITVS GE. In her new role, Clarke will oversee ITV Studios’s global distribution strategy, which includes continuing to head up the distributor’s content-acquisition activity. She reports to Maria Kyriacou, ITV Studios’s president of international.

Kyriacou said: “ITVS GE has grown consistently over the last five years having built a stellar global network of producers from both within ITVS and the wider business. Ruth’s leadership of the content strategy has put the business on the right footing for our next phase of growth and I know she will work really well with the fantastic ITVS GE team to achieve this.”

Clarke added: “The business is in a great position—we have a brilliant team representing a world-class portfolio of content across almost all genres. It’s a fascinating time to be working in the global television business, the opportunities are vast and my priority will be for ITVS GE to continue to make the very most of them.”