JB Perrette, Co-Chair and Chief Business Officer at Skydance TV and DTC, announced the executives who will be leading the company’s business across TV and DTC.
Skydance continues to shape its executive teams following the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. This Friday, in a memo to the company’s staff, JB Perrette, Co-Chair and Chief Business Officer at Skydance TV and DTC, announced new roles within the group’s regional businesses.
“The industry and consumer behavior continue to evolve at a fast pace, and these two businesses have more cross-over and interconnections than ever. We need to aggressively drive each business forward, while also being attentive to maximize the strategic and financial opportunities between the two, and at the same time be transparent and data-led when there are inevitable trade-offs that need to be decided… make them with speed, and stay clear that our north star is what’s in the best interest of the overall Skydance company (not individual units, countries or other agendas)”, the executive said.
“To do this, we will have some leaders more dedicated to TV and others to DTC, and many leaders wearing both hats (or more). Our structure will leverage strong local/regional expertise and relationships, and global scale and capabilities”, he added.
The new structure will be made up as follows:
GLOBAL
Jeff Cusson, EVP and Head of Communications, Skydance DTC
Shauna Spenley, CMO, Global DTC and International TV
Trey Turner, COO, International
Josh Walker, COO, DTC
Liz Wright, CFO, Skydance TV Segment
Head of Pluto/AVOD (to be determined)
REGIONAL/LOCAL
“Internationally, we will have four regional leaders who will help drive the combined TV and Streaming businesses and will report to me. These regional leaders and their teams will have direct oversight for distribution, ad sales, business and commercial development across both networks and streaming as well as TV programming in their markets”, the executive explained.
Andrew Georgiou, interim President & MD Europe & Africa will lead Europe & Africa
Alessandro Araimo, MD Southern Europe
Qaisar Rafique, EVP Commercial Development
Christina Sulebakk, MD Nordics, Benelux, GSA
James Gibbons, President & MD APAC & MENA
Kasia Kieli, President & MD, will lead Poland
Fernando Medin, President and MD LATAM/US Hispanic
