John Hay

CEO

John joined The Garden in March 2018.  From June 2021 he ran the company with Nicola Hill, and in April 2023 he took over as sole CEO.

Before The Garden, John was Head of Specialist Factual at Channel 4, running a department whose output included Guy Martin’s Speed, The Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6 Year Olds, Three Identical Strangers, and We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. John’s own commissions included Grayson Perry: All Man, SAS: Who Dares Wins, Walking the Nile, Our Gay Wedding: The Musical and D-Day: As it Happens, and he oversaw the channel’s programming on the discovery and reburial of Richard III.   He was also a Commissioning Editor at Channel 5 and spent 13 years in production and development at the BBC.