RTÉ has appointed Dee Forbes as director-general in place of outgoing DG Noel Curran and subject to the Government’s consent under Section 89 of the Broadcasting Act 2009. Forbes is currently president and managing director of Discovery Networks Northern Europe. She joined Discovery in 2010 as head of its UK/Ireland operation.
She later took on other responsibilities to lead the Northern Europe region, which also includes Benelux and the Nordic countries, and has a mix of channels, both free-to-air and subscription. Before that, she led Turner Broadcasting in the UK and Ireland and its seven entertainment channels, including Cartoon Network, Boomerang and TCM.
A native of Cork, Forbes spent several years working at Turner and was general manager for the Nordic Central, Eastern Europe and EMA regions and was the group’s head of advertising sales for Europe.
