Charlotte Moore to join Left Bank Pictures as CEO and Sony Pictures Television as EVP, Creative Director, International Production

Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television (“SPT”) have today announced that Charlotte Moore, currently Chief Content Officer, BBC, will be joining the outfit in 2025 as the new CEO, Left Bank Pictures, succeeding Andy Harries who yesterday announced he was to become Chairman of the multi award-winning company.

In an additional dual capacity to her new role, she will also be appointed EVP, Creative Director across SPT’s International Production Group.

As the CEO of Left Bank, Charlotte will drive and implement a dynamic creative and growth strategy that concentrates on premium international content. Building a talent network and slate to grow the business by engaging still further across all platforms to continue making the extraordinary content Left Bank is renowned for.

EVP, Creative Director, SPT International Production is a newly created role which will see Charlotte lead the group’s creative strategy. She will work closely with President, Wayne Garvie and Matthew Justice, EVP Head of UK & Europe, as well as group production company and label heads, and the wider Sony Pictures and Sony Corp groups.

Bringing an immeasurable depth of experience, Charlotte will provide a strategic overview of the developing media landscape and the changing commissioning and buying habits and genres. As EVP, Creative Director, she will build on a period of great success for the group, and enable and encourage continued growth within the SPT International Production division. With a mandate to develop new concepts, new projects and talent initiatives, she will drive the group’s strategy to identify and maximise opportunities for investment, and champion creative opportunities within the market.

 As Chief Content Officer at the BBC since 2020 Charlotte Moore has set the creative vision and editorial strategy for BBC Content across all scripted and unscripted genres and platforms. She has served as the creative lead for all of the BBC’s network television and radio output and services, including BBC iPlayer, Sounds, Film, Sport and Children’s & Education. She has presided over a period of extraordinary creativity and delivered remarkable growth in a fiercely competitive global market, and has been responsible for transforming the BBC’s digital content offer. Under her leadership, BBC Content has delivered hits in every genre achieving both record-breaking viewing figures and industry awards.  Charlotte's commitment to storytelling and track record for delivering a range and breadth of content that reflects the diversity of the BBC’s audiences is unmatched.

Charlotte Moore, says, “It’s an honour to be joining the brilliant team at Left Bank to become CEO of one of the UK’s most successful production companies, which is an absolute credit to Andy Harries.  I couldn’t be more excited to be returning to programme making and I’m thrilled to be joining Wayne Garvie and the Sony group as EVP, Creative Director.  

It’s been a privilege to lead the BBC creatively through a time of such unprecedented change, championing the very best British storytelling across radio and tv. I’m incredibly grateful to all the brilliant commissioning teams and programme makers I’ve worked with along the way. The BBC is an extraordinary place to work. There’s nowhere quite like it that backs risk taking, innovation and homegrown creativity with such commitment. But I’m ready to take on a new challenge and can’t wait to embark on a whole new adventure with Left Bank Pictures and Sony.”

Wayne Garvie, President, International Production, Sony Pictures Television, says, “It is thrilling to welcome Charlotte to Left Bank and to our Sony Pictures family. One of the outstanding executives of her generation, it will be fantastic to have her leading the phenomenal team at Left Bank into a new era. And as our Creative Director, she will play a key role in ensuring Sony continues to maximise the opportunities of the digital age.

 I have long had huge respect for Charlotte and everything she has achieved at the BBC. In the rich UK media ecology, PSBs play a pivotal role, and their sustainability is essential. In her storeyed and esteemed career at the BBC, she has been an integral force in continuing to make our national broadcaster a globally renowned institution of the highest regard, and one of which we can all be immensely proud. Welcoming her to Sony and this next chapter for Left Bank is tremendously exciting.”

Moore will work closely alongside Andy Harries for a handover period, and will report into Wayne Garvie. She will join the companies later this year.