Sophie Turner Laing

CEO, endemol Shine group

After leading the charge for entertainment television at Sky over a ten-year career, Sophie Turner Laing was brought in to head up the recently merged television production companies that now make up the Endemol Shine Group, which produces shows worldwide such as MasterChef, The Bridge, Humans, Deal or No Deal and Big Brother. Prior to her role at Endemol Shine Group, Turner Laing oversaw both Sky’s partnership with HBO to form Sky Atlantic and Sky’s commitment to increase investment in British programming production. In the early stages of her television career, Turner Laing worked at Henson International Television before holding a number of senior roles at the BBC. In 2013, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Television Society for her ‘outstanding contribution’ to British television.

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