Diane Rankin Joins DRG

LONDON: Diane Rankin has joined DRG as the senior VP of acquisitions, coming from a stint at Cineflix.

Rankin takes up the newly created role this September. She is tasked with managing the factual and factual entertainment acquisitions team. Rankin reports to Andrea Jackson, the managing director of acquisitions at DRG.

Jackson commented, “Diane is an extremely engaging, charismatic and experienced media professional and we’re delighted to welcome her to our team. At DRG we’re incredibly proud to represent one of the markets largest and most impressive factual catalogues and central to Diane’s role will be the ongoing growth and investment in this genre, with new emphasis on expanding our specialist and factual entertainment programming.”

Rankin added “I am thrilled to be joining the DRG team and I’m very much looking forward to playing a significant role in the next stage of the company’s growth.”

Jeremy Fox, the CEO of DRG, said “DRG is not owned by a studio or a broadcaster and this independence makes our acquisition’s department an incredibly dynamic and exciting place to work. Today we’re doing business in 240 territories across the world and Diane’s appointment underlines the ongoing opportunities for producers to partner with us in achieving global success, whilst being supported by our unique hands-on and independent approach.”