Francesca Johnson is founder of development, consultancy and finance outfit Table41 Entertainment. Table41 has worked with indies to secure green lights with National Geographic, Ancestry, and other broadcast and brand partners.  Francesca recently served as Executive Producer on Ancestry funded digital short, DNA Kitchen.

Before starting Table41, Francesca was Executive Vice President of Content at start up indie Anyway Content, where she was responsible for building the company’s non-scripted business. While at Anyway, Francesca developed and executive produced a pilot for Vacation by Design, a bed & breakfast makeover series for Magnolia Network.

Previously Francesca was Director, Development and Production at National Geographic, where she oversaw London based projects in development for the linear channels and Disney+, and executive produced series and specials including Heroes of the Sky: The Real Mighty Eighth Air Force, 9/11: Control the Skies, and award-winning India From Above, narrated by Dev Patel.