Skydance Media on Wednesday confirmed its senior leadership team ahead of its pending merger with Paramount Global.
The company has unveiled 10 executives who will form the top table under the executive leadership team that was revealed Monday, led by David Ellison, who will become CEO and chairman of Paramount once the deal closes Thursday.
The executives are Don Granger, President, Motion Picture Group; Kevin MacLellan, President, International and Global Content Distribution; Rebecca Mall, President, Cross Company Initiatives, Franchise, and Corporate Marketing; Matt Thunell, President, Paramount Television Studios; Kevin Creighton, EVP, Corporate Finance & Investor Relations; Tony Driscoll, EVP, Head of Corporate Strategy & Development; Efrain Miron, EVP, Head of Content Strategy & Licensing, DTC; Jose Turkienicz, EVP, Head of Global Operations; Laura Watson, EVP, Corporate and Executive Communications; and Jane Wiseman, EVP, Head of Originals, DTC.
This comes after the new Paramount structured the company into three business segments — Studios, Direct-to-Consumer and TV Media — with Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein overseeing studios as Co-Chairs of Paramount Pictures (with Goldberg as Chair of Paramount Television), George Cheeks as Chair of TV Media, and Cindy Holland as Chair of Direct-to-Consumer.
Top row (L-R): Rebecca Mall, Jane Wiseman, Kevin Creighton
Middle row (L-R): Efrain Miron, Don Granger, Matt Thunell
Bottom row (L-R): Jose Turkienicz, Kevin MacLellan, Laura Watson, Tony Driscoll
“These new members of the senior management team bring fresh perspectives shaped by years of industry experience, adding meaningful depth, unrelenting passion, and a shared commitment to building a next-generation media company,” Ellison said today “At a time of incredible opportunity for Paramount and our industry, I’m confident these forward-minded leaders will propel our vision and reignite a shared sense of purpose and ambition throughout our teams.”
Deadline already told you that Wiseman and Miron would join Holland’s team, Granger would lead film under Goldberg and Wiseman, and Thunell would lead the revamped Paramount TV Studios.
MacLellan returns to the TV business to oversee the company’s international strategy. Paramount owns British broadcaster Channel 5 and Australian broadcaster Network 10, which he will oversee as well as the licensing of film and TV content to global networks. He was formerly Chairman of Global Distribution and International Media at NBCUniversal.
Mall was previously Chief Marketing Officer at Skydance Media and she will oversee marketing campaigns and manage its franchises.
Creighton, who previously worked at ticketing company StubHub and Netflix, will oversee Corporate Finance, Treasury and Investor Relations for Paramount.
Driscoll will lead corporate strategy, corporate development, transformation and strategic alliances, having previously held executive roles at Epic Games (where he worked on Fortnite), Warner Bros., AT&T and Disney.
Turkienicz will oversee global business services, procurement, real estate and facilities, security, aviation, and enterprise support services. He joins from UPS.
Watson, previously Deputy Chief Communications Officer at Warner Bros. Discovery, will work with Paramount’s Chief Communications Officer Melissa Zukerman to lead the company’s communications strategy, with a focus on executive, financial, and internal communications.
