Georgia Brown Promoted at FremantleMedia in Scripted & Factual Content Post

LONDON: Georgia Brown has been elevated to the newly created post of executive VP of global scripted and factual content at FremantleMedia.

In this new role, Brown will oversee acquisitions for FremantleMedia International (FMI) and will provide a pivotal link between FMI and its in-house production teams. The role sees Brown reporting to both Sangeeta Desai, COO and CEO of emerging markets for the FremantleMedia group, and Jens Richter, CEO of FMI.

Brown joined FremantleMedia from Shine International, where she was senior VP of acquisitions. Before Shine, she was previously a commercial manager at BBC Worldwide.

Richter said: “Georgia’s talent and passion for content together with her fantastic relationships with the best writing and production talent in the industry makes her the perfect person to lead our acquisition and development business with our brilliant teams in the U.S. and the U.K. She’s already secured some great primetime scripted content for FMI since joining FremantleMedia earlier this year and I’m really excited about what the team will deliver in the future.”

Desai added: “As we continue to grow our content pipeline and creative partnerships around the world, Georgia’s industry knowledge and expertise of funding and international co-financing together with her strong track record in deal making will be instrumental.”

Brown added: “It’s such an exciting time to be working at FremantleMedia, as the business continues to grow and diversify at an incredible pace, and I’m thrilled to be working so closely with Sangeeta, Jens and the wider FremantleMedia teams. Our ambition is to make FremantleMedia the first port of call for any creatives wanting to showcase their work to audiences all over the world, and to recognise our talented in-house teams and the very best third-party producers by creating tailored commercial deals that generate the best possible returns for their content.”