Alison Sharman

Who is Alison Sharman?

Alison Sharman born in Manchester is the Head of Commissioning for SBS based in Sydney, Australia. This is one of five free main to air broadcasters in Australia. On her appointment Sharman said "I am delighted to be joining SBS and look forward to this exciting and challenging opportunity. My ambition is to build on SBS's success and grow its reputation for being one of the world's most unique and diverse major broadcasters". Prior to this Sharman was Director of Factual and Daytime for ITV, a position she held from 2006 to 2013. During that time she led the transformation of the daytime schedule and restored ITV's factual reputation by attracting some of the best filmmakers and producers in the UK to the channel. At ITV Sharman commissioned a range of award-winning content, fronted by well known personalities such as Billy Connolly and Joanna Lumley, brought to the channel popular formats such as For the Love of Dogs and Long Lost Family as well as landmark documentaries 9/11 The Day That Changed the World, Strangeways and Our Queen.