Cathy Payne serves as Chief Executive of Banijay Rights, setting and executing the business’ global distribution strategy for Banijay’s burgeoning catalogue of 110,000+ hours, which includes landmark brands, Survivor, Big Brother, MasterChef, Temptation Island, Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror, and many more.

Previously, she was Chief Executive of Endemol Shine International, where she directed all worldwide distribution efforts, as well as working closely with the commercial team on IP exploitation.

Prior to this, Payne was Chief Executive at Southern Star International, which was acquired by Endemol in 2009.