Keith Hindle serves as CEO, Americas, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), the commercial and brand extension arm of FremantleMedia (FM), one of the world’s largest international creators, producers and distributors of leading prime time drama, serial drama, entertainment and factual entertainment programming.

Hindle oversees distribution, home entertainment, brand integration, consumer products, new media and live events. He spearheads the major sponsorship deals for FM programmes including the Coke, AT&T and Apple sponsorships for American Idol, in addition to representing high quality third party brands and developing new brand extension business areas.

Reporting directly to David Ellender, Global CEO of FremantleMedia Enterprises, Keith is responsible for developing, setting and implementing the strategy for FME’s businesses in the USA, Canada and South America.

Keith previously worked at FremantleMedia in London and Germany where he managed international M&A activity. Prior to this he worked for Time Warner, Unilever and Shell Oil. Hindle holds an honours degree in business and a post-graduate finance qualification.

Owned by the RTL Group, FremantleMedia has a group turnover of more than €1.2bn. It is a world leader in content production with more than 300 titles a year produced across its international network of companies.