Georgina Angless Joins British Pathe as Business Development Exec for North and South America

British Pathe has appointed Georgina Angless to oversee its North American licensing service. She takes over from Richard Goldthorpe, who had handled North American enquiries since British Pathe launched there in 2015. She will also act as British Pathe's first business development executive for South America as the company looks to explore that untapped market.

Georgina has a background in photography, studying the art form at the Edinburgh College of Art and contributing to Elle Magazine and Culture Label, among others. From there, she expanded into image licensing, acting as a Key Account Manager at Getty Images, a Picture Researcher at the Tate, and Head of UK Commercial Image Sales at Bridgeman Images.

"Georgina will be crucial to solidifying British Pathe's presence in North America, a market we're still relatively new to," says Alastair White, CEO of British Pathe. "But she will be building our South America strategy from scratch."

He continues: "Georgina has extensive experience in all aspects of the industry, from archive research to managing a licensing sales team to having her own photographs licensed. She can offer a fresh perspective on our activities with an aim to establishing British Pathe as the go-to resource for anyone in the Americas in need of archive footage. We're very happy to welcome Georgina to our team."

For her part, Georgina is excited about the challenge that lies ahead of her. "I am delighted to be taking care of British Pathe's clients in North and South America and I look forward to meeting producers, broadcasters and researchers in the industry there. I believe my background in licensing puts me in good stead to deal with client requests and I can't wait to delve further into the British Pathe archive to see what it has to offer."

For further information, please contact British Pathe on +44 (0)20 7665 8343 or email georgina@britishpathe.com.

The British Pathe archive is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in historical and cultural significance. Spanning the years from 1896 to 1976, the collection includes footage from around the globe of major events, famous faces, fashion trends, travel, science and culture. It is an invaluable resource for broadcasters, documentary producers and archive researchers worldwide. British Pathe also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1979.