Leadership Team
Kylie Washington
GM & Creative Director, BBC Studios Production ANZ
Kylie Washington is BBC Studios ANZ’s General Manager and Creative Director of Production, responsib...le for exploiting BBC Studios’ extensive format catalogue and driving the creation of new intellectual property in the Australian market. Her local slate includes Mastermind and Celebrity Mastermind for SBS, Weakest Link for Nine, The Great Australian Bake Off for Foxtel, Dancing With The Stars for Ten and Dancing With the Stars: All Stars for Seven. Kylie has a wealth of experience adapting international formats for the Australian and Asian markets, as well as developing and overseeing formatted factual entertainment. Her previous roles include Director of Unscripted at Matchbox Pictures where she delivered a slate of titles including Real Housewives of Melbourne and Sydney, Room 101, original format Formal Wars and original entertainment series Everyone’s A Critic, as well as setting up the Matchbox Asia business which delivered content across all of NBCU’s Channels within Asia. Prior to that, Kylie was a series producer and development producer for Active TV, working across a broad range of genres where her credits included Prank Patrol, The Amazing Race Australia and The Amazing Race Asia.
Deb Tod
Head of Content and Co-productions
Deb Tod is Head of Content Sales and Co-productions for BBC Studios in Australia and New Zealand, re...sponsible for the strategic and team leadership of BBC Studios’ content sales and co-productions in the region. In her role she ensures maximum impact of BBC Studios’ content, servicing broadcast and digital clients in the region. Deb also inputs into global deals, content partnerships and co-productions on behalf of Australia and New Zealand.
Kate O’Connor
Head of Brands and Licensing, BBC Studios, ANZ
A former lawyer with over a decade of experience in the television industry. Kate oversees all aspec...ts of brand expansion for Bluey and other BBC Studios IP, such as BBC Earth, Top Gear and Doctor Who, in Australia and New Zealand.
Jamie Chambers
Vice President, BBC Global News Advertising & Distribution ANZ
Jamie is responsible for advertising sales revenues generated across BBC Global News’ commercial med...ia portfolio from the region, including BBC World News, BBC.com, BBC Good Food, TopGear.com and BBC World Service.