Banijay Rights, the global sales arm of French production giant Banijay Group, which is behind such hit formats asSurvivor,Wife SwapandTemptation Island, on Monday named John Richards CFO.
Roisin Thomas will remain COO of the unit, with both reporting to Cathy Payne, who started her new role as CEO of Banijay Rights on Monday. "The newly devised team will oversee all operational and financial matters for the growing division," the firm said.
Banijay has been targeting a summer close of its planned Endemol Shine acquisition and has been getting its executive team in place ahead of that.
Thomas has served as COO at the distribution arm since 2015 after working for Zodiak Media, which merged into Banijay. Richards joins from Endemol Shine.
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