Warner Bros Discovery’s Gerhard Zeiler Sets International Leadership Team

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Warner Bros Discovery International Head Honcho Gerhard Zeiler has set his leadership team, with big promotions for the likes of Priya Dogra and Anil Jhingan.In a note sent to staff in the last hour, seen by Deadline, Zeiler outlined the 10 people who will oversee various regions and responsibilities as the newly combined entity’s international offering takes shape.“Our combined international business has significant scale, and a diversified portfolio – both geographically and across lines of business,” said Zeiler.“As a result, when deciding the new leadership structure, we wanted to ensure that we had dedicated regional leads, to reflect the scale and complexity of the business which would, in turn, increase focus on key markets.”As predicted by Deadline’s analysis last week, London-based Dogra takes on a President and Managing Director EMEA role (excluding Poland).

Having done similar for Warner Media she will now oversee the company’s combined significant footprint across the region, according to Zeiler.

She will be responsible for integrating and operating the Discovery and WM International organizations across the region.The other big winner from the restructure is Anil Jhingan, who moves from Discovery Asia Pacific President and MD to overseeing business development across all international markets as part of Discovery’s Chief Development, Distribution & Legal Officer Bruce Campbell’s reorganization.Dogra will take over Nordics and UK boss James Gibbons’ responsibilities following an interim period and Gibbons moves to head up Australia, New Zealand and Japan.Kasia Kieli, who was previously President and MD, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, becomes President & Managing Director, Poland and CEO