Zai Bennett

Bennett oversees the UK’s most awarded production company, its number-one distributor and one of the world’s foremost creators of premium content. Since joining in November 2024, he has brought a bold, creative-first vision to a global portfolio spanning scripted, unscripted, global productions, kids and family and audio, driving innovation across both UK and international markets. BBC Studios recently brought together all its domestic and international production capabilities, along with its global content sales network, into a single global content studio under Bennett to better serve partners and clients and present a single face to the market. His leadership has seen BBC Studios Productions continue to deliver genre-defining hits and record-breaking successes. BBC Studios was the most awarded production group at the recent BAFTA TV Awards, with programme wins ranging from Scam Interceptors and VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember to Here We Go, How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) an