Zodiak Bolsters Management Team

STOCKHOLM, February 22:
Zodiak Television has made several appointments to its management team,
including that of Per Lundberg as VP East for the group and managing director
of Zodiak Vostok, Zodiak’s holding company for the Russian and CIS territories.

Lundberg previously served
as the managing director of Handelsbanken in Moscow. In addition, Patrick
Nebout was named as the VP of Zodiak Vostok, with responsibility for business
development, licensing and co-production in Russia and CIS markets. Nebout will
be based in Kiev, Ukraine, with Gena Kaganovitj as the VP of Zodiak Vostok for
operations in Russia and CIS.

Kim Ardal, who previously
served as the managing director of Mastiff in Denmark, takes over as VP Nordic,
replacing Mikael Wallén, the managing director of Yellow Bird, who becomes the
VP of scripted programming for the group.

Klara Halkjaer, who was
previously based at Zodiak’s headquarters in Stockholm, takes on the newly
created position of head of communications and has moved to London to be based
in the Zodiak International office.

Darren Asamoa, who worked
previously at Endemol and Nickelodeon, has also joined Zodiak International in
London as the acquisitions executive.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski