Zai Bennett

Zai Bennett (born 1974) is a television executive. He is CEO and Chief Creative Officer for BBC Studios' global content-making division BBC Studios Productions, a position he took up in November 2024. and former Managing Director of Content for Sky UK and Ireland, and former controller of BBC Three.

Early life Zai Bennett was educated at Goffs School, Hertfordshire and studied History and Politics BA and Modern History MA at the University of London.

In April 2014, after it was announced that BBC Three would become an online-only service, Bennett revealed he would be joining Sky Atlantic as the channel's director.

Zai was appointed to the role of Managing Director of Content in 2019 and was responsible for Sky’s portfolio of entertainment, cinema and children's services. Under his leadership, in 2020, Sky Arts became a free-to-air channel and Sky launched six new channels, including an entirely new factual division.