Mike Darcey

Chief Operating Officer, BSkyB

Mike Darcey is Chief Operating Officer at BSkyB.  Mike joined Sky in 1998 to establish and run Sky’s Strategic Planning Group, becoming a member of Sky’s Executive Board in 2002.

As COO, Mike continues his overall responsibility for group strategy but also looks after the following areas: television and online advertising sales; procurement of content from third party channel providers; syndication of Sky content (to platforms including cable, DTT, mobile, IPTV, etc): on-demand services; games; Sky’s joint venture investments; business development; and Sky’s commercial online activities.  He is on the boards of National Geographic Channel UK, Nickelodeon UK and the Board of Trustees of the Royal Television Society.

Mike has post-graduate degrees in Mathematics (from New Zealand) and Economics (LSE).  He is married with two children and is a keen skier, surfer and attendee at Stamford Bridge.