[2] She was appointed to this role in September 2020, having been Director of Content since early 2016 when she assumed responsibility for all of the BBC's television channels after the controller posts were abolished.
[6] She attended Wycombe Abbey, an independent girls' boarding school in Buckinghamshire,[10] and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Bristol in 1990.
[13] As a freelancer in this joint role, her credits included "Lagos Airport", RTS award-winning Living With Cancer and Great Britons: Churchill.
[16] After a period as temporary charge, she formally became the commissioning editor of Documentaries in May 2009,[17] responsible for 220 hours of programming per annum across the BBC's four television channels[18] with an annual budget of £30 million by 2011.
[19] In this role she gave the go-ahead for BBC2's Welcome to Lagos, Protecting Our Children, a programme on assisted suicide, Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die, 7/7 One Day in London, Inside Claridges and The Great British Bake Off among others.