Italy’s Garbo Produzioni Taps Banijay Alum Stefano Torrisi

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The Italian producer Garbo Produzioni has named Stefano Torrisi as its CEO and managing director of Garbo Stories, the new Spanish division specializing in fiction.

Torrisi is formerly the executive VP of Banijay Italy and Banijay Group Spain. He previously served as commercial director of Endemol Shine Italy.

Maite Bulgari, chairwoman and founder of Garbo Produzioni, said: “With the arrival of Stefano Torrisi, a highly experienced professional, we want to continue to innovate in the audiovisual sector with high-quality content and international planning. Stefano is a perfect leader to deal with two strategic markets for our company, Italy and Spain, anticipating new market trends and creating increasingly productive and constructive alliances that allow us to position ourselves in new and ambitious areas.”