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FRAPA, the Format Recognition and Protection Association, has announced the appointment to the management board of Mike Beale, managing director, Global Creative Network, ITV Studios.

Beale has been a member of the FRAPA general board since 2015. His elevation to the management board will enable him to play a more active role in shaping FRAPA’s ongoing objectives, designed to promote a global understanding of the primacy of original format creation.

Recently promoted to a new global role reporting to managing director of ITV Studios, Julian Bellamy, Beale is responsible for boosting creativity, encouraging knowledge-sharing and developing global hits across the ITV group’s 36 non-scripted labels. He also acquires third-party IP for the Group’s production pipeline. Having joined in 2011, Beale has presided over ITV Studios’ rise into a global formats powerhouse over the last decade, overseeing a slate that includes such super-brands as The Chase, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, Hell’s Kitchen, Come Dine With Me and Love Island. Prior to his new role he was also Managing Director of ITV Studios Nordic production labels.

Before joining ITV, Mike served as vice-president of international production at NBCUniversal, where he oversaw the global production of a string of hit formats, including Top Chef, Minute to Win It and Real Housewives. His CV also includes stints with Planet 24, LWT, Bunim Murray, Hat Trick and the BBC. He was also one of the founders of 12 Yard Productions.