The Match Factory Hires French Exec Agathe Valentin As Sales Director
deadline.comFrench international sales veteran Agathe Valentin has joined The Match Factory in the newly created role of Sales Director with immediate effect.She will report to the Germany-based film sales and production company’s long-time VP International Sales Thania Dimitrakopoulou.
Working out of Brussels, Valentin’s remit is to be a key driver in executing initiatives that expand the organization’s international footprint and meet its goals, the company said.
Valentin has racked up sales experience at a number of top sales companies over the course of her two-decade career, working on a host of award-winning films in the process.
She was Head of Sales at Les Films du Losange for eight years, selling titles such as Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winners The White Ribbon and Amour, which also won the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Oscar in 2013.
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