In the past few minutes, Warner Bros Discovery has set out plans for its new look international sales team following Robert Blair‘s recent exit.
WBD International President Gerhard Zeiler sent an internal memo revealing the new WBD International TV Distribution structure, which will be in place following next week’s Mipcom.
This follows Zeiler’s conversations with WBD’s international licensing teams, including those from the long-serving Blair’s team, local units and U.S. execs on the future shape of the sales division.
The resulting restructure will see Phil Goodhew, SVP Commercial Strategy, International TV Distribution and Allan Stenhouse, SVP International TV Marketing, now reporting to David Decker, President of Content Sales. The pair will work closely with International leadership and local licensing teams from both a commercial strategy and marketing perspective, to “ensure a smooth operating rhythm and information flow across all the sales teams,” wrote Zeiler.
Decker, who oversees WBD’s domestic sales business, will now lead global content licensing agreements with major clients with worldwide footprints such as Netflix, Amazon, Roku and Paramount.
Alastair McKenzie SVP, International Legal and his legal team will continue to support international sales teams. He will continue to report to Alessandra Chichi, Group SVP, International Legal within the Legal team and play the key role he has played across all deals.
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