The event becomes even more international, with Dori Media, Fremantle, Global Agency, Keshet International, Rabbit Films, and Sony Pictures Television joining it.
Hughes will be responsible for the sales strategy of unscripted and scripted formats. She will lead the Global Format Sales team and report to Jacob de Boer, EVP of Global Entertainment.
The new series consist of six self-contained episodes, each featuring a well-known personality from the worlds of culture, sports, politics and business.
The former Netflix executive faced a turbulent period at ABC, during which he was involved in the controversy over the dismissal of fill-in presenter Antoinette Lattouf and witnessed his division being split after the arrival of new chair Kim Williams.