Josh Bassett

Josh is a Media Executive with 30 years of experience and most of that time spent at some of the world’s best known broadcasters.

Most recently he was Global Head of Licensing and Distribution at Bloomberg Media. He was ultimately responsible for around 800 clients across the globe and branded partnerships in countries including Bulgaria, Canada, Indonesia, Mexico, Mongolia, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Turkey and Vietnam. During his time at the company he smashed the department’s sales record and generated close to $200M of revenue. He brokered deals and launched products with partners across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He spent two years working in Bahrain and 3 years working in Turkey helping partners launch multi platform media operations there.

Prior to joining Bloomberg, Josh worked in TV newsrooms. He was a programme Editor at ITN in London on a sports news channel. He was a TV News Producer at the BBC for a decade where he worked on the Corporations flagship news programmes. He was also part of the team that launched their 24 hour news channel.

Josh has a BBC Executive MBA from Bradford Management School in the UK.