Nicola Bamford
Nicola was CEO, International Operations at Endemol Shine Group from October 2017 until its acquisition by the Banijay Group in mid 2020. She was responsible for the financial and operating performance of its companies in Iberia, France, Italy, Israel, India, China and Russia; including working closely with joint venture partners in India, Israel and Russia. She reported to the Group CEO and was a member of the Group Executive team.
Previously, she was at Sky leading the team assessing opportunities for OTT expansion beyond its DTH footprint which led to the launch of Sky Spain in 2017 and before that managing Sky’s TVOD and EST business. She re-joined Sky after holding senior roles at Tata Sky in India and Sky Deutschland, having been director of Channels and Operations at Sky UK. Nicola worked for News Corp in the US and Disney in the UK post business school. She is a graduate of Cambridge University and Harvard Business School.
Nicola was CEO, International Operations at Endemol Shine Group from October 2017 until its acquisition by the Banijay Group in mid 2020. She was responsible for the financial and operating performance of its companies in Iberia, France, Italy, Israel, India, China and Russia; including working closely with joint venture partners in India, Israel and Russia. She reported to the Group CEO and was a member of the Group Executive team.
Previously, she was at Sky leading the team assessing opportunities for OTT expansion beyond its DTH footprint which led to the launch of Sky Spain in 2017 and before that managing Sky’s TVOD and EST business. She re-joined Sky after holding senior roles at Tata Sky in India and Sky Deutschland, having been director of Channels and Operations at Sky UK. Nicola worked for News Corp in the US and Disney in the UK post business school. She is a graduate of Cambridge University and Harvard Business School.