WarnerMedia's recently appointed Country Manager for France & Benelux and Germany/Austria/Switzerland, Iris Knobloch announced a new set of leadership teams. Olivier Snanoudj, Eric Broet, Caroline Lang, Guillaume Coffin, and Gregory Schuber will assume leadership rule for France & Benelux, while Willi Geike, Steffen Schier, Peter Schauerte, Sylvia Rothblum, Matthias Heinze, and Tim van Dyk will take on GAS. Knobloch reports to Priya Dogra, President WarnerMedia EMEA & Asia excluding China. “This outstanding group of executives will work together to bring a first-time ‘one WarnerMedia’ approach to our businesses in these important markets, finding new ways to amplify the consumer offering across every touchpoint, and to fully optimize the array of brands, businesses, and platforms now at our collective disposal,” Iris Knobloch said.
The intention of the new leadership teams is to promote interaction and collaboration between executives across various regions. The conglomerate also hopes to unite its entertainment networks such as its Turner and HBO businesses together, along with its theatrical, consumer, digital and entertainment aspects. The group will work alongside the Head of HBO Max International Johannes Larcher, head of HBO Max for EMEA, Christina Sulebakk, and their teams. “Their combined strengths across all facets of content creation and delivery give us an exceptional foundation from which to further serve existing audiences and prepare for new ones as we anticipate the future arrival of HBO Max in our markets," Knobloch said. "Their commercial expertise, innovative thinking, and passion for our content will be powerful drivers as we take this new business model forward.”
Olivier Snanoudj and Steffen Schier will oversee Theatrical Distribution for the France & Benelux and GAS markets. Home Entertainment and Consumer Products in each region will come together under one leadership. Peter Schauerte will be in charge of Home Entertainment and Consumer Products for GAS, supported by Veronika Tiedemann, head of Home Entertainment for GAS, and Stefan Hausberg, head of Consumer Products for GAS. Gregory Schuber and Tim van Dyk respectively continue to lead the Marketing teams in France & Benelux and GAS, covering all aspects of marketing, publicity, franchise management, and data, working closely with all the business leaders to ensure the consumer remains at the heart of all decision-making. Willie Geike, formerly Country Manager for GAS & Poland and architect of the region’s strong and successful local theatrical production business, takes on a new role dedicated to Local Theatrical Production for GAS. Geike recently resigned from his long-standing position as Country Manager as planned.
Eric Broet will lead Home Entertainment and Consumer Products for France & Benelux alongside Yves Elalouf, head of Home Entertainment for France & Benelux, and Jérôme Ollagnier, head of Consumer Products France. Broet will also be responsible for supervising Local Theatrical Production for France & Benelux. Caroline Lang will continue to lead TV Distribution for France & French Speaking territories and Sylvia Rothblum continues to lead it for GAS and Israel. Guillaume Coffin leads Affiliates & Ad Sales for France & Benelux within his wider brief and Matthias Heinze leads Affiliates & Ad Sales for GAS as part of his wider brief. They will coordinate closely with Knobloch and WarnerMedia’s Head of EMEA Affiliates & Ad Sales and Country Manager for Nordics, CEE, MENAT & Africa Pierre Branco.
This outstanding group of executives will work together to bring a first-time ‘one WarnerMedia’ approach to our businesses in these important markets, finding new ways to amplify the consumer offering across every touchpoint, and to fully optimize the array of brands, businesses, and platforms now at our collective disposal.” Iris Knobloch Country Manager, France & Benelux, GAS, WarnerMedia
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