Will Keenan to Exit Endemol Beyond USA, Adrian Sexton Takes Interim Post

LOS ANGELES: Adrian Sexton has been named interim president and COO for Endemol Beyond USA, following the planned departure of Will Keenan.

Sexton has served as COO for Endemol Beyond since September 2014. Keenan, who had served as president of Endemol Beyond USA, is set to leave the company after two years. During his time, he oversaw the successful U.S. launch of Endemol Beyond, Endemol Shine Group’s global digital video network.

Additionally, Rico Martinez has renewed his contract and has been named senior VP of creative for Endemol Beyond USA. Leslie Morgan, who leads all lifestyle programming, has been named VP of programming for Endemol Beyond USA. Jeff Browning, the senior VP of sales, continues to oversee all ad sales efforts for Endemol Beyond USA and has added oversight of integrated marketing and social amplification. Martinez, Morgan and Browning all now report to Sexton.

“Adrian has a wealth of experience, having already led some of the top digital studios in our industry and he’s done a terrific job as our COO since joining Endemol Beyond USA last fall,” said Vivi Zigler, the president of digital, brand and audience development at Endemol Shine North America. “And I’m thrilled Rico and Leslie will continue to oversee our programming initiatives, having successfully launched ICON Network earlier this year and now planning and developing content for the debut of Smasher Network in the fall.”
 
Zigler added, “Clearly we are all going to miss Will and we truly appreciate everything that he has done to successfully launch Endemol Beyond here in the U.S.”