Sony Pictures Television Appoints Country Leaders

As Sony Pictures Television (SPT) moves to a new territory-management model, the company has revealed a number of the newly appointed country leaders, with more to come in the weeks ahead.

The idea is to bring together, under a single local leader, businesses that have historically been separate, giving SPT “the ability to make smart, strategic business decisions,” said Keith Le Goy, Sony Picture Television’s president of worldwide distribution.

The country leaders are: Noemie Weisse (France), Andreas Ditter (Germany), Zelda Stewart (Italy), Jorge Lezaun (Spain), Louise Emblem (Nordics/Benelux), Kunle Falodun (Africa), Damian Newton (Central and Eastern Europe), Irina Panfilova (Russia), Ziad Yaghi (the Middle East), Robbie Lanier (Australia and New Zealand), Dai Huang (China), Masao Takiyama (Japan), Phil King (Canada), Ramon Garcia (Mexico), Jefferson Pugsley (Brazil) and Monica Veiga and Nathascha Rengifo (Latin America, excluding Mexico and Brazil).

“With this new leadership structure, we have already seen increased collaboration and the generation of great ideas driving our business forward,” said Le Goy. “From innovations in how we work across SPHE windows to developing new revenue share models around the world with AXN, we can already see meaningful early wins.”