News

27 August 2008

ENDEMOL APPOINTS TOM TOUMAZIS AS CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

Endemol, a world leader in entertainment programming, today announced the appointment of Tom Toumazis to the new role of Chief Commercial Officer.

Mr. Toumazis will oversee the worldwide commercial activities for the Endemol Group. In his capacity, he will be in charge of further building Endemol's distribution business, which incorporates a rapidly growing library of over 2200 non-scripted formats and more than 200 scripted titles, and manage worldwide sales and distribution of all Endemol's non-scripted formats, scripted programming and library. He will also build and manage Endemol's third party distribution business, as well as co-productions and pre-sales of scripted programming, to support Endemol's growth in this area.

Tom has been Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada where he is in charge of programme, new media and channel distribution. He also sits on Disney's European Management Board, with special responsibilities for some of the key developing markets, including the Middle East, Turkey, Greece and
Africa.

Over the last seven years he has held a number of top level positions at Disney, joining in 2001 as Senior Vice President & Managing Director Buena Vista International Television, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Under his stewardship the business has doubled.

He has overseen TV licensing and distribution of ABC Studios worldwide hits such as Desperate Housewives, Lost and Grey's Anatomy, feature films from Walt Disney Studios and Miramax and Disney Channel franchises such as High School Musical and Hannah Montana.

In his new role Tom will report to Ynon Kreiz, Chief Executive Officer of the Endemol Group.
Ynon Kreiz comments: "Tom is a world class executive of the highest calibre. He is an exceptionally skilled operator and couldn't be more qualified to lead the expansion of our commercial activities and growth of our distribution business, an area where we see significant opportunities. We are very excited to have him on board and look forward to welcoming him to our global team."

Tom Toumazis adds: "Endemol has a uniquely powerful network that combines a long established presence in the world's biggest markets with a vast and growing library of multiplatform content. This is an exceptionally strong starting point from which to build further growth and I'm very much looking forward to working in partnership with the group's management and creative teams around the world."