eOne Taps Paola Tonella as Director of International Sales

Entertainment One (eOne) has appointed Paola Tonella, who spent 15 years in various roles at BBC Studios (then BBC Worldwide), as director of international sales.

Tonella will be based in the company’s London office and report to Dan Gopal, executive VP of sales for EMEA, on Benelux countries as well as Patrick Roberts, VP of international TV sales, on Nordic territories in addition to working closely with Wilco Wolfers, managing director for Benelux, on film sales across Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.

In her previous roles at what was then called BBC Worldwide, Tonella was responsible for selling the complete content catalog across all genres, including factual, drama, comedy and children’s programming. Most recently, she served as the content television manager for the Netherlands and Denmark, overseeing content sales in Belgium and Finland.

“As eOne continues to grow our distribution business across EMEA, we are constantly evolving our sales teams to ensure we can spend more time with our clients and maximize every opportunity across our film and TV slate,” commented Gopal. “Paola brings a fresh expertise of these markets to eOne given her vast experience; and also her great relationships with clients which we look forward to her building upon with our exciting line up of content.”

“I’m very excited to join eOne with its expanding and rich slate of both film and television titles and to be able to add my energy and experience across many different territories to its push for further growth,” added Tonella.