Skydance Media confirmed his management team on Wednesday before his pending merger with Paramount Global.
The company has presented 10 managers who will form the top table as part of the Executive Leadership team, which will be managed on Monday under the direction of David Ellison, CEO and chairman of Paramount, after completing the business on Thursday.
The managers are Don GrangerPresident, film group; Kevin MacLellanPresident, international and global distribution of content; Rebecca MallPresident, cross company initiatives, franchise and corporate marketing; Matt ThunellPresident, Paramount Television Studios; Kevin CreightonEVP, Corporate Finance & Investor Relations; Tony DriscollEVP, head of corporate strategy & development; Efrain MironEVP, head of the content strategy and licensing, DTC; Jose TurkieniczEVP, Head of Global Operations; Laura WatsonEVP, corporate and executive communications; And Jane WisemanEVP, head of the originals, DTC.
This is done after the new Paramount has transformed the company into three business segments, direct to-to-consumer and TV media, with Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein the studios as co-chair of Paramount Pictures (with Goldberg as chairman of Paramount Television), George Cheks as chairman of TV media and Cindy Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer Chairman.
Don Granger, President, Motion Picture Group, Kevin Maclellan, President, International and Global Content Distribution, Rebecca Mall, President, Cross Company Initiatives, Franchise, and Corporate Marketing, Matt Thunell, President, Paramount Television Studios, Kevin Creighton, EVP, Corporate Finance & Investor Relations, Tony Driscoll, EPP, Head of Corporate Strategy & Development, Efrain Miron, EVP, Head of Content Strategy & License, DTC, Jose Turkienicz, EVP, Head of Global Operations, Laura Watson, EPP, Corporate and Executive Communications and Jane Wiseman, EVP, EVP, EVP, Head of Originals, DTC
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“These new members of the managing director have new perspectives with years of industry experience, adds meaningful depth, relentless passion and a common commitment to building up a next generation media company”.
The deadline already told them that Wiseman and Miron would come to Holland's team, Granger would lead the film under Goldberg and Wiseman and that Thunell would lead the revised paramount -TV studios.
Maclellan returns to the television business to monitor the company's international strategy. Paramount has the British broadcaster Channel 5 and the Australian broadcaster Network 10, which he and the licensing of film and television content for global networks will monitor. He was formerly chairman of Global Distribution and International Media at NBCuniversal.
Mall was previously Chief Marketing Officer at Skydance Media and will monitor marketing campaigns and manage their franchise companies.
Creighton, who previously worked at Tickinging Company Stubhub and Netflix, will monitor corporate financing, financial and investor relationships for paramount.
Driscoll will lead corporate strategy, corporate development, transformation and strategic alliances after having previously held leadership roles in epic games (where he worked on it Fortnite), Warner Bros., AT&T and Disney.
Turkienicz will monitor global business services, procurement, real estate and institutions, security, aviation and company support. He joins up from UPS.
Watson, previously deputy Chief Communications Officer at Warner Bros. Discovery, will work with the Chief Communications Officer from Paramount Melissa Zukerman to lead the company's communication strategy, with the focus on executive, finance and internal communication.