MUMBAI: Deborah Turness, who was ITV News editor in the UK has been named US news broadcaster NBC News president. The announcement was made by NBCUniversal News Group chairman Pat Fili-Krushel.
 
Turness joins CNBC president Mark Hoffman and MSNBC president Phil Griffin as part of the NBCUniversal News Group leadership team reporting to Fili-Krushel. She will be based at the NBC News headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and begin her new role on 5 August 2013.

As president, Turness will be responsible for all aspects of the NBC News division including the programmes ?NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams?, ?Today?, ?Meet the Press? and ?Dateline? as well as its news bureaus around the world. She will also oversee all breaking news, investigative and enterprise reporting, along with the division?s digital properties including NBCNews.com. Additionally, she will have oversight of Peacock Productions, an in-house production company.
 
Fili-Krushel said, "Deborah has built an outstanding reputation as both a journalist and business executive with a proven track record for innovation and collaboration. She is a leader with a global perspective, who is also very familiar with NBC News, having worked closely with us through our partnership with ITN. Her passion for the news business, combined with her creativity and vision, will be a tremendous asset to NBC News, and I?m very pleased to welcome her to the team."

Turness said, "It is quite simply the greatest imaginable honor to be named as the next president of NBC News. I am hugely excited by the opportunities that lie ahead and look forward to working with the talented journalists and technicians who make it one of the great global news operations."