Warner Bros Discovery Sets Priya Dogra’s EMEA Team; Five Step Down As Local Managers Are Confirmed
deadline.comWarner Bros. Discovery has officially laid out its senior EMEA leadership team under President and Managing for the region (excl Poland) Priya Dogra.She unveiled the new-look structure today, revealing how local territory chiefs will feed into her centralized EMEA operation.
Five senior execs — including former Country Managers Sylvia Rothblum, Susanne Aigner and Thomas Ciampa — are stepping down at the same time.Each territory manager will be responsible for Warner Bros.
Discovery’s combined businesses in their respective territories, working closely with the company’s global functions across streaming, sport, US programming and the Warner Bros Discovery studio.The team is as follows, in alphabetical order:Also confirmed in post are Vanessa Brookman, whocontinues as SVP Kids and Family, EMEA and takes on responsibility for Adult Swim across EMEA with a dual reporting line to Michael Ouweleen, who leads Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang.
Antony Root remains with oversight of original production for HBO Max across EMEA and original production for WarnerMedia general entertainment channels in Germany, France and Spain.Ragnhild Thorbech keeps programming and acquisitions duties for HBO Max EMEA, while Myriam Lopez-Otazu continues her responsibilities, which include investment for the Discovery linear channels and Discovery+.
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