{"id":5473,"date":"2014-07-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2014\/07\/29\/passion-taps-elin-thomas-as-global-head-of-sales\/"},"modified":"2014-07-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T00:00:00","slug":"passion-taps-elin-thomas-as-global-head-of-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2014\/07\/29\/passion-taps-elin-thomas-as-global-head-of-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion Taps Elin Thomas as Global Head of Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLONDON: After having spent 18 years at BBC Worldwide, Elin Thomas is joining Passion Distribution in the new position of global head of sales.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThomas most recently served as the director of global formats at BBC Worldwide and was integral in the success and longevity of <em>Dancing with the Stars <\/em>and <em>Great Bake Off<\/em>. At Passion, she will be working toward the continued growth of the company&#039;s sales and format division. Thomas will be reporting to Sally Miles, the CEO of Passion.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMiles commented: &ldquo;We are excited to welcome Elin to the Passion team. Elin&rsquo;s experience and expertise will be invaluable in helping to grow our formats business and in supporting the rest of the Passion team.&rdquo;\u00e2\u0080\u00a8\u00e2\u0080\u00a8<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThomas said: &ldquo;Passion is going from strength to strength so it&rsquo;s a great time for me to be joining the company. In my role as global head of sales I am looking forward to leading the team to new levels of success in television and format licensing around the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: After having spent 18 years at BBC Worldwide, Elin Thomas is joining Passion Distribution in the new position of global head of sales. 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