Renowned Films Names COO, Senior Development Exec

Renowned Films has appointed Channel 4 alum Mark Raeburn as chief operating officer, while also tapping BBC Three’s Lizzie Wingham as senior development executive.

In his newly created role, which is effective immediately, Raeburn will manage all operational activity at Renowned, including strategy, legal and human resources. He will lead development at the company and bolster its plans for formatted fact-ent and factual programming.

Before this appointment, Raeburn was head of content finance at Channel 4. Wingham, meanwhile, previously served as deputy editor and in-house executive for BBC Three, where her credits include Amazing Humans.

Max Welch, co-founder and creative director of Renowned, stated: “With the company’s rapid growth in the U.K. and recent expansion into the U.S., a new major U.S. prime-time series going into production for Bravo (Backyard Envy), a feature documentary underway for Sky (Generation Grime), a brand-new 7:30 p.m. series for Channel 4 (The Peng Life) and a three-part production for BBC3 digital (What’s Changed), we’re thrilled to welcome Mark to the team to help manage Renowned’s ever-growing slate of exciting content. [We’re also] delighted to have Lizzie supercharge our creative capabilities to deliver cut-through, innovative factual and fact-ent. When expanding the team, both Mark and Lizzie understood the unique Renowned tone and sensibilities. We’re excited to begin working together!”