FACULTY APPOINTMENTSĪnne Mensah, Netflix VP for original series, has been appointed Vice President of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. The new board, which will serve for a two-year period, is comprised of: Ernotte-Cunci, Dvořák, Tim Davie (director general at the BBC), Cilla Benkö (director general at Sweden’s SR), Mykola Chernotytskyi (head of the managing board at Ukraine’s UA:PBC), Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė (director general at Lithuania’s LRT), Giacomo Ghisani (acting director general at Vatican State’s RV), Gilles Marchand (director general at Switzerland’s SRG SSR), Nicolau Santos (board chair at Portugal’s RTP), Marinella Soldi (president of Italy’s Rai) and Katja Wildermuth (director general at Germany’s BR). The majority of the new board are returning members, although some have joined EBU president Delphine Ernotte-Cunci (France Télévisions CEO) and VP Petr Dvořák (Czech TV director general) for the first time.

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