Banijay Rights Hires StudioCanal TV’s Sarah Mottershead To Join EMEA Team
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights has hired Sarah Mottershead from StudioCanal TV for its EMEA team. Mottershead has been appointed VP, Middle East, Africa, Israel, Greece & Cyprus, based out of London.
This will put her in charge of strategy for the MasterChef and Peaky Blinders distributor in those territories. Currently in the role is Robin Pollok, who we hear is exiting Banijay Rights at the end of the year.
At StudioCanal, she was VP, TV Series Sales, overseeing distribution in Central & Eastern Europe, the CIS region, Africa and Asia.
She has also held roles at Shine International, whose assets are now part of Banijay Rights, and Fremantle. Mottershead will report to Banijay Rights’ EVP, EMEA Sales and Acquisitions, Claire Jago, who called her “an experienced television executive with a wealth of knowledge” who would be “a huge asset to Banijay Rights in these pivotal markets.” Mottershead is the latest recruit to the Banijay Rights stable.
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