Banijay Group is the world's largest independent content creation Group for television and multimedia platforms. Banijay Group is present in 16 territories.
Banijay Group is the world's largest independent content creation Group for television and multimedia platforms. Banijay Group is present in 16 territories.
Our Story

Christian Wikander

Global Head of Scripted

As Global Head of Scripted, Christian Wikander spearheads strategic IP creation, drives collaboration across the business’ portfolio of over 50 drama labels, exploits format potential, and identifies lucrative 3rd-party acquisition opportunities.

Wikander joined from HBO Max Nordic (Warner Bros. Discovery), where he served as Commissioning Editor & VP, Original Programming. Prior to this, he was Managing Director for London-based Twelve Town, having joined in 2016 as Head of Drama for Europe. There he led the company’s overarching business and IP strategy, and content pipeline.

With extensive experience across the international scripted space, Wikander has also held Head of Drama roles over at SVT (Swedish Television) in Stockholm and Gothenburg where he was part of the commissioning team for Bron/Broen (The Bridge), having built up his production credentials across a number of companies in the Scandinavian market.