American NBC drama development head, Pearlena Igbokwe has been named the Universal Television president, a new high-profile assignment to run the company's Universal production studio.
Nigerian born US-based Pearlena Igbokwe has been named the President of Universal Television. She replaces Bela Bajaria, who departed Universal Television as President, after five years.
Before Igbokwe's appointment, she was the Executive Vice President, Drama Development for NBC Entertainment. Prior to that, Igbokwe was Executive Vice President, Drama Programming for NBC Entertainment.
Prior to that, she was the Executive Vice President, Drama Development, and oversaw the development of all NBC dramas.
Igbokwe came to NBC from Showtime, where she oversaw every season of the network's most popular hit series ever "Dexter." She also developed the pilot to the new Showtime series "Masters of S*x," which stars Michael Sheen.
Igbokwe was also a huge part of the five-season run of the hit Showtime series "Soul Food," which won the NAACP Image Award winner for Best Drama Series.
She kicked off her career at Showtime as Manager of Direct Response, Television Marketing. She worked with the network for seven years.
Pearlena Igbokwe was born in Nigeria. She moved to the United States with her parents at the age of six. She graduated from Yale University, and has an MBA from Columbia University’s business school.