Exclusive: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver producer Avalon Television has hired Lionsgate Television Group COO Laura Kennedy as Global CEO.
Kennedy will also become a member of the Board of Directors and her appointment sees Avalon founders Jon Thoday and Richard Allen-Turner become Co-Executive Chairmen of the company.
Having started at Avalon as a talent manager, Kennedy has been with Orange Is The New Black producer Lionsgate for over ten years in roles including Evp of Television Operations & Corporate Development and COO. She most recently headed up operations, strategy and planning for the television division and oversaw M&a activity, reporting to Lionsgate Television Group Chairman Kevin Beggs.
She has been instrumental in a broad range of transactions including the acquisitions of syndication business Debmar-Mercury, the television channel Pop, a majority stake in leading reality producer Pilgrim Media and the recent investments in U.K. production companies Primal Media and Potboiler Television.
Kennedy will also become a member of the Board of Directors and her appointment sees Avalon founders Jon Thoday and Richard Allen-Turner become Co-Executive Chairmen of the company.
Having started at Avalon as a talent manager, Kennedy has been with Orange Is The New Black producer Lionsgate for over ten years in roles including Evp of Television Operations & Corporate Development and COO. She most recently headed up operations, strategy and planning for the television division and oversaw M&a activity, reporting to Lionsgate Television Group Chairman Kevin Beggs.
She has been instrumental in a broad range of transactions including the acquisitions of syndication business Debmar-Mercury, the television channel Pop, a majority stake in leading reality producer Pilgrim Media and the recent investments in U.K. production companies Primal Media and Potboiler Television.
- 10/2/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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