Charlotte Moore, the current Chief Content Officer of the BBC, is set to join London’s Sony-owned Left Bank Pictures as the company’s the new CEO. In an additional dual capacity Moore has also been appointed to the newly created role of EVP,

Charlotte Moore is to leave the BBC later this year to take up a major role within Sony Pictures Television (SPT). Moore will join Dear England and The Crown indie Left Bank Pictures as chief executive and will also serve as executive vice-president and creative director of international production at SPT.

In a shock move, BBC content chief Charlotte Moore is leaving the British broadcaster to become CEO of Left Bank Pictures and creative director of international production at Sony Pictures Television.