Endemol Shine Group Taps New CFO

AMSTERDAM: Endemol Shine Group has named Liberty Global’s Ivan Nash Vila as the company’s chief financial officer, effective this fall.

Based in Amsterdam, Nash Vila will work under Endemol Shine Group CEO Sophie Turner Laing. He is charged with overseeing all of the company’s finance operations, including controlling, accounting, tax and treasury, as well as IT and internal controls. He will be joining the Endemol Shine Group board.

Nash Vila has more than two decades of international experience in operational finance, M&A, business development, strategy and investor relations across such sectors as media, technology and telecommunications. He currently serves as Liberty Global’s CFO for Central Europe. Nash Vila first joined the company in 2005 and has held such titles as head of corporate finance and investor relations, director of M&A, head of financial planning and head of investor relations for Europe. Earlier in his career, he worked for Telefonica’s 3G Mobile and Compaq.

Turner Laing stated: “Ivan will bring with him far-reaching experience of financial leadership within complex, multilayered international businesses. He has an incredibly impressive track record of achieving growth alongside financial efficiencies and his appointment will add further impetus to our group strategy. I’m delighted to have such a strong executive bring further world-class leadership to our global finance and senior management teams as well as enhance support to our companies around the world.”

Nash Vila added: “I’m excited to have the opportunity to work at the heart of an industry leader recognized as a powerhouse in creativity, production and distribution as well as having exceptional talent internationally. I believe Endemol Shine is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the exciting growth opportunities developing in the industry and am looking forward to contributing experience gathered from working in multiple service operators, telecommunications and technology.”