Screenwest has announced that Rikki Lea Bestall has been appointed as CEO, replacing Willie Rowe who held the position for three years.
Bestall graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts with a degree in arts management in 2001, and went into research and production with Disney Channel Australia for two years until 2005. She became the assistant to US producer Gary Foster when he made Ghost Rider in Melbourne, and then made the transition to Los Angeles where she worked as VP – Features for Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment for the next five years. She was co-producer on The Soloist, directed by Joe Wright, the UK director of Atonement and Darkest Hour; she then co-produced Kristen Bell vehicle When in Rome.
