Hilary Rosen appointed Deputy Chair of BAFTA’s board of trustees

Alongside BAFTA’s Chair, Sara Putt, Rosen will help oversee the delivery of BAFTA’s mission as an arts charity to champion creatives and practitioners working in film, games and TV. 

The Deputy Chair is voted for by elected members of BAFTA’s sector committees and the board and will succeed the Chair in the autumn of 2026.

Rosen joined BAFTA’s Television Committee in 2021 and has been Chair for the last two years, alongside becoming a board trustee. As Chair, she guides the work in running the TV and Craft juries and shapes the editorial approach for awards ceremonies.

At UKTV, Rosen leads a team of commissioners, overseeing a slate of original scripted and unscripted content such as the new drama series Outrageous, Bergerac and I, Jack Wright, Emma Willis Delivering Babies and Big Zuu’s Big Eats. Under her leadership, UKTV was the first broadcaster to reduce the production carbon footprint for all commissions in line with BAFTA albert certification, and the first to commit to paying access costs on every production. 

She began her career in television in BBC News & Current Affairs, as a researcher on Panorama, before moving on to work in the independent production sector, firstly at Lion Television as Senior Executive Producer, and later as Creative Director at Silver River Productions. 

Rosen said: “I’m honoured to have been elected as Deputy Chair of BAFTA, it’s an incredible organisation and I’m delighted to get to work closely with Sara over the next year. I look forward to working more closely with the sector committees across film, games and television and the senior leadership team.

“As my role at BAFTA has grown, I have gained knowledge and insight into this community and the challenges it faces and will ensure my time as deputy chair is as impactful as possible.”