Distributor Banijay Rights has unveiled its operational and financial leadership team under new CEO Cathy Payne, with Roisin Thomas continuing as COO and Endemol Shine International’s (ESI) John Ri…
Both report into Payne, the former CEO of ESI, who started in her new role at Banijay Rights on Monday.
Banijay Rights’ parent company, Banijay Group, is in the process of acquiring Endemol Shine in a $2.2 billion deal, which should be completeThomas has been COO at Banijay Rights since 2015, having joined Zodiak Media back in 2011 before its merger with Banijay Group, where she worked as chief of staff to two successive group CEOs. She started her career as a corporate media lawyer and spent over five years at media law firm Olswang.
Richards will re-team with Payne, having been CFO of ESI since 2015, and before that, finance director of Endemol Worldwide Distribution. Having also worked for four years as finance director of Tiger Aspect Productions and Darlow Smithson Productions, Richards led the merger of both companies into Endemol Group in 2009 following their sale by IMG. Before that, Richards spent over seven years with IMG having qualified at PWC in 2000.
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