Ben Roberts(IV)

Ben Roberts has been the CEO of the BFI since February 2020. As CEO, Ben is responsible for the BFI's future strategic and cultural direction, along with providing leadership to the UK's screen industries. He joined the BFI in 2012 as Director of the BFI Film Fund. In October 2018 he was promoted to Deputy CEO, responsible for overseeing the BFI's Lottery investments in film development, production and distribution, along with the BFI's international activities. He has 20 years' experience in the film industry, across international sales, studio acquisitions, UK distribution and film finance, gained during his time as CEO of Protagonist Pictures, and before that at Universal Pictures and independent UK distributor Metrodome. Ben is on the Board of Trustees of The Terrence Higgins Trust. His first job in film was as an usher at Showcase Cinemas in Coventry.