Banijay's Helen Greatorex and format expert Nathalie Wogue join FRAPA board

FRAPA, the Format Recognition and Protection Association, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, has announced that Helen Greatorex, the acquisitions head at Banijay Entertainment, and globally respected format expert Nathalie Wogue, have joined its advisory board.

These latest additions to the board bring the total number of new appointments this year to five. Wogue and Greatorex take their place alongside Blink49’s Adam Steinman, Shimmer Media’s Pascal Dalton and Formatbiz’s Maria Chiara Duranti, who joined FRAPA’s mission last April.

FRAPA chairman Phil Gurin, president and CEO of TGC Global Entertainment/The Gurin Company said: “FRAPA is reshaping itself for the future, as is demonstrated by the addition of these respected formats executives to our refreshed and revitalised board. Our intention is to continue to evolve with the times, fine-tuning our mission, services and purpose to ensure we offer our members the support they need to navigate an increasingly complex formats marketplace. With Helen and Nathalie, and their unrivalled reputations and insights, we take a further step towards achieving our new goals in this, our 25th Anniversary year.”

Helen Greatorex, head of format acquisitions at Banijay Entertainment, specialises in identifying, developing and acquiring unscripted titles with global potential. Her recent acquisitions include unique craft-based competition series, "Game of Wool" (Hello Halo, part of STV Studios), and hit Belgium game show "99 to Beat", from Primitives, which launched successfully with Banijay Entertainment labels in the UK and Italy, and has been commissioned by FOX in the US. 

Wogue is a content creator, developer and strategist, whose experience also spans format acquisitions, sales and partnerships. Most recently senior vice-president of global formats at Fox Entertainment Global, her resume includes management positions at Fremantle France, IMG Entertainment and Endemol France. Wogue said: "Frapa's mission, to help develop a marketplace protecting creativity, is not only noble: it's just the best way to guarantee a healthy and solid future for our format industry. I'm thrilled to contribute to its actions, which are impactful to all players, whether indie producers or big media corporations."