Derek O’Gara is Chief Financial Officer of Banijay UK, a role he took up in September 2020 following Banijay’s acquisition of the Endemol Shine Group. Prior to this he was CFO of Endemol Shine UK, a role he had held since 2016.

Prior to this Derek had held several senior finance roles at the BBC. Most recently Group Finance Director of Content, responsible for all BBC TV and iPlayer channels along with the BBC in house scripted and non-scripted content production departments. Prior to this he was Finance Director of BBC Television and Commercial Finance Director of BBC Worldwide, the company responsible for commercial channels and programme sales and distribution.

Derek has also held roles at ITV and Sky Television and is a member of the finance and audit committee of BAFTA and Screenskills