International Courant
Michael Brooks has been appointed GM for Australia and New Zealand at Warner Bros. Discovery.
Along with his current position as MD, Warner Bros. Worldwide Tv Manufacturing Australia, Brooks will assume the expanded position instantly, reporting to James Gibbons and Ronald Goes, president, WBITVP.
Brooks has been with the corporate since 2016, and previous to this, spent greater than 10 years within the US, together with management positions at BBC Studios and Endemol Shine North America.
Within the newly expanded place, Brooks will oversee all non-theatrical companies regionally, together with networks and streaming, content material licensing and residential leisure, shopper merchandise and video games, in addition to WBITVP Australia. WBITVP New Zealand stays inside its present reporting construction into WBITVP HQ in London and isn’t a part of Brooks’ prolonged remit.
Individually, present APAC chief monetary officer Justin Emmer has determined to depart the corporate, leaving on the finish of this 12 months. “(Emmer) has been a superb associate to me and the management crew in driving our monetary operations and supporting the area’s strategic objectives. I would wish to thank Justin for his dedication and need him each success for the longer term,” mentioned Gibbons.
Nilesh Zaveri has been appointed as SVP, CFO & COO, APAC, and can be a part of WBD on Sept. 9, reporting to Trey Turner, CFO of worldwide. On this twin position, Zaveri will lead APAC monetary operations and help enterprise operations and planning throughout the area, contributing to development initiatives and driving operational excellence and effectivity.
Zaveri joins WBD with greater than 20 years of pan-Asian management expertise. Most lately, he was MD of VICE Media Group’s APAC operations, the place he efficiently launched the regional enterprise to ship income and viewers development. Previous to that, Nilesh held regional CFO roles at VICE, Discovery and Fox.
“Combining a robust international mindset with a deep understanding of business dynamics and native markets, Zaveri, can be a key associate to our APAC enterprise as we glance to scale additional throughout the area,” mentioned WBD.
