RDF West Appoints New Managing Director

RDF West has promoted Jo Scarratt-Jones from deputy head to managing director.

Based in Bristol, Scarratt-Jones will be responsible for overseeing and growing RDF’s out-of-London slate. She has been with RDF since 2011 and has overseen many of its biggest series, including the creation of the BBC One formats Eat Well for Less?, Shop Well for Less? and Shop Well for the Planet?

Scarratt-Jones has also executive produced Shipwrecked (E4) and Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents (BBC Three) for RDF. Before joining RDF, she worked at ITV Studios, where she worked across factual and factual entertainment, including early series of I’m a Celebrity and the development of Love Island.

As managing director, she will report to Kitty Walshe, who was recently appointed CEO of RDF and Remarkable Factual.

Walshe said: “Growing our regional slate is key for RDF’s future strategy, and with over 200 hours already being made from Bristol, we are incredibly lucky to have someone as experienced and dynamic as Jo to take the company forward.”

Scarratt-Jones added: “Thank you to Mark [Hill] for setting up and growing such an amazing base in the West. Bristol is my home now—and in my heart—and I’m lucky to work with some of the most talented people in the country. I’m looking forward to expanding our business and creating exciting new formats. “