Cécile Frot-Coutaz is the CEO of Sky Studios and Chief Content Officer for Sky.
She is responsible for all of Sky’s content offering, excluding Sky Sports, across the UK and Ireland, as well as Sky’s news services across EMEA including Sky News UK and TG24 in Italy. As CEO of Sky Studios, her remit also includes the development, production and commissioning of all Sky Original comedy and drama across Europe, as well as Sky Studios Elstree, Sky’s brand-new, state-of-the-art film and TV studio, plus Sky Studios’ global portfolio of production companies such as Blast! Films, Jupiter Entertainment, True North and Love Productions.
Cécile started her career in strategy consulting at Mercer Management Consulting, in London, where she stayed for four years. In 1994, after obtaining her MBA, she joined the Pearson group headquarters in London.
In 2001, she relocated to Burbank as the US commercial lead for the renamed FremantleMedia Group. She held several executive roles and positions within the group, eventually ending as Chief Executive Officer in 2012. She joined YouTube in October 2018 as Head of EMEA, responsible for all aspects of the business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
