Dogwoof Grows Sales and Business Affairs Teams as Doc Specialist Expands In Production (EXCLUSIVE)

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Manori Ravindran International EditorLondon-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has restructured its business affairs and sales teams as it continues to expand into production.Former Western Edge Pictures executive Will Kane will join the company as head of business affairs, working closely with CEO Anna Godas and head of acquisitions and distribution Oli Harbottle to grow Dogwoof’s production and financing arms.Meanwhile, Cleo Veger has been promoted to head of sales, and former TVF International sales and acquisitions executive Katie Bench has joined as new senior sales executive.Veger joined in 2014 and moved to the role of sales executive in 2017, and then sales manager in 2019.

She will head an expanded sales team across all sales and pre-sales as well as festivals. Bench, who specialized in sales for Latin America, Iberia and Benelux at TVF, will oversee TV sales in a number of territories.

Both executives will be attending this week’s Sheffield DocFest and taking meetings at MeetMarket. Ana Vicente, who has been overseeing the sales team, steps into a newly created strategy and business development role.The restructure comes as Dogwoof — which was traditionally known as a documentary sales agent and distributor — looks to integrate production, sales, financing and distribution.Godas said: “At Dogwoof, we believe in developing our in-house talent, like Cleo and Ana, because our team is simply the key to our success.

Equally, we are aggressively growing in the production and sales space and we need the right calibre of people like Katie and Will to help take us to the next level.”Added Veger: “I’m thrilled to take the next step as head of sales at Dogwoof as we continue to grow and bring a slate of incredible.