EXCLUSIVE: After a 15-year tenure, Piers Vellacott is standing down from his role as UK indie Raw’s Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Producer.
He will stay across a number of Raw’s scripted projects as an Executive Producer and leaves “to pursue new opportunities”. He won’t be replaced at the company, which is one of the UK’s leading indies and part of All3Media.
Vellacott, who had previously served as Managing Director and Head Of Production, worked on hit series including Gold Rush and Locked Up Abroad, and well-received docs including The Tindler Swindler, The Imposter and Three Identical Strangers.
He was also an exec producer on Sundance pic American Animals. Raw told us: “We are incredibly grateful for everything that Piers has contributed to Raw over a decade and a half of extraordinary growth: he has helped guide the company through some the of the most complex and challenging situations we have faced, he’s been there for the most exciting of our adventures, and we’ve had a lot of fun together along the way.
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