Sophie Turner Laing
Sophie Turner Laing BSkyB (2003–2014) Endemol Shine Group (2014 –2020 ) | |
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Organization | HIT Entertainment (Co-Founder) |
Known for | Endemol Shine Group, (CEO) |
Title | chief executive officer |
Term | December 2014 | – July 2020
Parent | Graham Turner Laing & G. V. Turner Laing |
Sophie Henrietta Turner Laing,
Early life
Turner Laing was born on 7 September 1960 to Graham Turner Laing and G. V. Turner Laing.[2][3] She was educated at Oakdene School, a boarding school in Buckinghamshire.[4][3] She didn't attend a university.[5]
Career
After finishing school, Turner Laing completed a
She began her television career as a secretary at
In 1998, she moved to the British Broadcasting Corporation (
In 2003, she left the BBC for
Honours
Turner Laing has been honoured with a Royal Television Society (RTS) Fellowship for her "outstanding contribution" to British television, as well as the inaugural MIPTV Médaille d'Honneur for her contribution to television globally. In January 2016 she received the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award in recognition of "extraordinary passion, leadership, independence and vision in the process of creating television programming." [citation needed]
In the
References
- ^ "Former Endemol Shine CEO Sophie Turner Laing Named NFTS Chair". 23 March 2022.
- Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 1 Oct 2017
- ^ a b c d "Sophie Turner Laing". Woman's hour. BBC. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g Maxwell, Chris (October 2012). "MY BUSINESS LIFE - Sophie Turner Laing". Director Magazine. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Sinclair, Emma (4 March 2013). "How Sky's Sophie Turner Laing forged an executive career". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Sophie Turner Laing - Managing Director, Content, BSkyB". Trustees. Media Trust. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Sophie Turner Laing". Our Executive team. BSkyB. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ Cozens, Claire (15 December 2000). "Turner-Laing takes acting role at BBC marketing". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ Day, Julia (14 March 2001). "Unilever's Duncan set for BBC marketing job". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ Plunkett, John (14 April 2004). "Turner Laing steps up at Sky". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Elisabeth Murdoch set to quit television production company Shine Group". The Guardian. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "No. 62310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2018. pp. B10–B12.