EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has promoted 4 executives in Europe as new content material chief Angela Jain says she desires to set her workforce up “for long run success in EMEA.”
In one among her first huge choices since getting into the position, Jain has promoted Rivals commissioner Lee Mason and Blind Date overseer Sean Doyle to VPs of Scripted and Unscripted respectively. The pair, who’ve been with the Disney+ interntional commissioning workforce in London nearly since its inception, have been beforehand titled Government Director of Scripted Originals and Unscripted respectively, having been promoted to these roles in late 2024.
In the meantime, A Thousand Blows exec Jonny Richards has been upped to Director of Scripted within the UK/EMEA, whereas in France, unique productions director Kevin Deysson has stepped right into a VP position.
The transfer comes by way of Jain’s blueprint on “setting Disney+ up for long-term success in EMEA,” in line with an inner memo she despatched earlier this week, seen by Deadline.
“These adjustments are targeted on how we construction and strengthen the workforce for what comes subsequent,” mentioned Jain. “As our originals ambitions proceed to develop, we want leaders with the experience, judgement and imaginative and prescient to information groups, develop expertise and constantly ship inventive excellence on the highest stage.”
Jain added that she is “constructing a workforce designed for the long run, demonstrating our continued dedication to rising our originals pipeline and greenlighting much more bold productions.”
Disney+ has been making worldwide originals for round six years, with success tales together with Rivals, The Good Moms and Extraordinary. Former ITV Studios unscripted boss Jain, whose credit embrace Love Island and I’m a Superstar… Get Me Out of Right here!, took on the EMEA content material job final 12 months from Liam Keelan following a prolonged recruitment course of, after Disney had initially made an audacious bid to poach then-BBC content material chief Charlotte Moore.
Jain studies to Eric Schrier, president of Disney Tv Studios and World Authentic Tv Technique. Schrier was within the UK capital throughout the Content material London occasion in December, assembly producers, press and his commissioners.
Disney has had a busy week in EMEA. On Tuesday, it revealed a expertise cope with Adolescence and A Thousand Blows star Stephen Graham’s indie.
