KordaMentha's Jarrod Villani will join Beverley McGarvey, chief content officer and executive vice president, as co-lead of ViacomCBS Australia and New Zealand.
He will be chief operating and commercial officer responsible for all the combined company’s commercial activities and operations in both markets.
McGarey is responsible for all content and creative activities related to the company’s networks and digital properties in Australia and New Zealand.
Most recently Villani was Queensland’s Head of Restructuring and Brisbane’s Head of Office at advisory and investment firm KordaMentha.
He brings to the role a wealth of experience specialising in organisational transformation, business stabilisation and sustainable growth.
Both McGarvey and Villani report to Maria Kyriacou, President of ViacomCBS Networks International’s operations in Australia, Israel and the UK.
Rod Prosser, chief sales officer, ViacomCBS Australia and New Zealand, will work closely with McGarvey and Villani to further strengthen revenue growth and strategy while providing oversight and management of the entire 10 ViacomCBS sales team.
Kyriacou: “Network 10 has performed very well this year. It is the only commercial network growing its audience and it has also recorded its highest commercial shares in key demographics since 2011. The integration and transformation of Network 10 and ViacomCBS under the leadership of Beverley has been successfully completed. We have launched a new channel, 10 Shake, 10 Play is experiencing its biggest ever digital audience and the MTV and Nickelodeon channels have also grown their share.
“We will continue to build on that momentum, while at the same time leveraging the powerful ViacomCBS brands and assets from both a content and revenue perspective.
“Jarrod is a highly qualified commercial leader with extensive experience in organisational transformation and stakeholder management. Jarrod’s broad commercial knowledge coupled with Beverley’s experience as an Australian media and creative leader ensures the business remains a unique and powerful media group. It is in great hands.
“I would like to congratulate Beverley for her leadership of ViacomCBS Australia and New Zealand since March this year. It is a credit to Beverley and her team that the business has continued to compete and evolve.”
Villani: “I am delighted to be joining Beverley, Rod and the team at ViacomCBS and continuing the development of the business. The combination of ViacomCBS’ global content portfolio and Network 10’s broad reach and key demographic prominence provides a unique opportunity in our markets for our viewers and partners across multiple platforms.
“It’s a very exciting time for the network and the broader ViacomCBS business and I look forward to joining them in the new year.”
Villani starts early in 2021.
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