CAA Promotes Six To Agent

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CAA has promoted Chris Burrus, Inder Gill, Sophie Kavanagh, Zakaria Laaboudi,  Arlen Papazian and Kara Petit to Agent following the participation of each in CAA Elevate, the agency’s program for agents and executives in training.The Nashville-based Burrus will work within CAA’s Music Touring department.

He represents many of the world’s leading musicians, including Nate Smith, Tyler Booth, Erin Kinsey and After Midtown, and is on the teams that support Jake Owen, Matt Koziol and Brandon Ratcliff.Gill will serve on the Media Finance team, led by Roeg Sutherland and Benjamin Kramer, specializing in the representation of independently financed films.

He was one of the lead agents helping to sign Anupam Tripathi, who played Ali Abdul in Netflix’s South Korean smash Squid Game, and is based in Los Angeles.Kavanagh has been promoted to Agent in the Commercial Endorsements department, and will be based in the agency’s New York office.

In her new role, she will focus on creating opportunities for the agency’s clients in the world of on-camera, print, personal appearances, voice-over and social media-driven campaigns, both domestically and internationally.In his new role as an International Sports Talent Agent, the London-based Laaboudi will identify and orchestrate endorsement opportunities for the agency’s international talent clients, including the 2022 Premier League Golden Boot award-winner Son Heung-min, Cristiano Ronaldo, Raphaël Varane and Daniel Ricciardo, among others.Based in Los Angeles, Papazian will serve as an Agent in the Podcast group, representing many of the most successful podcast properties, creators and production companies, with a focus on creating live touring opportunities.Also based in L.A.