Lisa Kramer, Bing Chen, Patrick Vien Join Banff TV Fest Foundations’ Board of Directors
The Banff Television Festival Foundation has added Paramount Global’s Lisa Kramer, Bing Chen of AU Holdings and A+E Networks’ Patrick Vien to its board of directors.
Kramer is president, international TV licensing at Paramount Global Content Distribution, while Chen serves as executive chairman and founder and AU Holdings and CEO and co-founder of Gold House. Chen was earlier YouTube’s global head of creator development.
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Rounding out the new additions is Vien, group managing director, international, at A+E Networks, whose brands include A&E, History, Blaze, Crime & Investigation and Lifetime.
The trio will join the board of directors led by Lionsgate Television Group head Kevin Beggs ahead of the 45th edition of the Banff festival to run June 9 to 12, 2024. To make way for the new board members, Sandra Dewey, former WarnerMedia president of business operations and productions for HBO Max, TNT, TBS and truTV, is stepping down from her position in the boardroom.
“We are excited to welcome such a distinguished group of new board members as Banff continues to build on its reputation as the preeminent creative television festival in North America. We also wish to thank the amazing Sandra Dewey for many years of dedicated service to the festival,” said Kevin Beggs, Chair of the Board of Directors, BANFF and Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, Lionsgate Television Group.
The Banff World Media Festival annually attracts top TV execs and creatives to the Rocky Mountains retreat. Highlights include the Banff Rockies Awards, which honor the best in American and international TV series.
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