WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump introduced on Saturday (Dec 21) that he has appointed tv government Mark Burnett, who produced the tycoon’s actuality present The Apprentice, as particular envoy to the UK, certainly one of Washington’s closest allies.
“With a distinguished profession in tv manufacturing and enterprise, Mark brings a singular mix of diplomatic acumen and worldwide recognition to this necessary position,” the Republican chief posted on his social media platform Fact Social.
Burnett’s position will likely be completely different from that of ambassador and doesn’t want US Senate affirmation.
“Mark will work to boost diplomatic relations, specializing in areas of mutual curiosity, together with commerce, funding alternatives and cultural exchanges,” Trump stated.
Early this month Trump nominated Warren Stephens, a high Republican donor and billionaire funding banker, to be US ambassador to Britain.
The Emmy Award-winning Burnett, who was born in London, is the creator of Survivor, the truth competitors collection that turned a US tv juggernaut after its premiere in 2000. He has additionally produced different hit exhibits together with Shark Tank and The Voice.
He additionally served as chairman of MGM Worldwide Tv Group from 2018 to 2022.
His greatest success was with The Apprentice, the American actuality program that aired on NBC below varied codecs for 15 seasons starting in 2004.
The present was broadly credited with reversing Trump’s fortunes and making him a family identify in the US earlier than he introduced his presidential run in 2015.
“The Apprentice mythologised him anew, and on a a lot greater scale, turning him into an icon of American success,” a profile of Burnett in The New Yorker journal acknowledged in 2018.
