Mercury Filmworks Taps CFO & COO

Canadian independent animation studio Mercury Filmworks has appointed Julie Pandeya to the newly created dual role of chief finance officer and chief operating officer.

Pandeya will oversee finance, business and legal, studio operations, talent management and production operations, working in concert with the leaders of each of division.

Pandeya joins from Canada’s SHOEBOX, where she served as CFO and COO, leading change to drive profitability. Prior to SHOEBOX, she held executive and senior positions at IBM for 13 years, most recently as its global GBS transformation leader. She also served seven years at Cognos as director of financial planning and analysis.

“Mercury Filmworks has been in an expansive and transformational period over the past two years, and we will be heading into 2023 and beyond with a full slate of television and film projects in development and production,” said Clint Eland, founder and CEO of Mercury Filmworks. “With Julie on board to continue strengthening and refining operations, it will allow me to concentrate on our overall global strategy, which includes long-term goals, partner relationships and leveraging our strengths to realize our mission of being as renowned for our creativity and storytelling skill as we are for the quality of our animation.”

Pandeya said, “It is an extremely exciting time of evolution and growth at Mercury Filmworks, and I look forward to working with Clint to execute on his visions for the studio and to work with the division heads to continue the momentum of providing world class animation production services to our partners, as well as creating our own unique original IP.”