Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Production at HBO Max Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the executive will leave Warner Bros. Discovery at the end of the first quarter.
WarnerMedia’s streaming platform HBO Max has finalized a three year agreement and will come on board as one of the Series Mania Institute’s founding partners.
Forming part of a pan-regional group, the Paris-based expert will oversee commission deals for all original programming in the country. She has operated French drama series and coproduced original programming at French pay TV since 2006.
Dutch television executive Annelies Sitvast is taking this newly created role, in which she will commission unscripted programming for streaming service HBO Max as it rolls out in the region.