New Management Structure for Fremantle Italy

Valerio Fiorespino and Alessandro Saba are being appointed as co-CEOs of Fremantle Italy Group, effective October 1.

The CEOs of the companies within the group—Fremantle Italia, Lux Vide, The Apartment, Wildside, Picomedia and Stand By Me—will have dual reporting lines to both. Fiorespino and Saba both report to Andrea Scrosati, group COO and CEO for Continental Europe.

Fiorespino is a veteran of Rai, Istat, Sparkle (a Tim Group company) and LUX Vide. He has been COO of Fremantle Italy Group since April of last year and interim CEO since December.

Saba joins Fremantle from The Walt Disney Company, where he was head of original productions. He previously worked at FOX Networks Group and Mediaset.

Scrosati noted: “Valerio and Alessandro are two executives of extraordinary experience, competence and vision, and the Fremantle companies in Italy could not have found better leadership. I want to thank Valerio for the excellent work he has already done on an interim basis over the past few months, and I am truly delighted to welcome Alessandro to our group.”

Fiorespino added: “I am pleased to take on this important role and grateful for the trust placed in me. Fremantle is an extraordinary company, capable of producing world-class content, and I am certain that Alessandro’s arrival will enrich its vision, supporting the authors who are part of our creative ‘family’. The coming years will undoubtedly bring both challenges and great opportunities.”

Saba noted: “It is a great pleasure to join the Fremantle Group and work alongside Valerio Fiorespino in this new adventure. I thank Andrea Scrosati and the Executive Committee for this opportunity. I have always seen Fremantle as a home for creativity and innovation in the service of high-quality content production, both scripted and unscripted—a fertile environment for the creative freedom of directors and writers. I cannot wait to start working with the excellent managers and the extraordinary talents of our team.”