Reporting to Jennifer Mullin, Fremantle’s Group CEO, Andrea will have board level responsibility for central group functions including strategy, M&A, legal and business affairs, as well as the company’s operations across Southern Europe (Italy, Spain, France and Portugal), Brazil, Mexico and Israel and its UK scripted label Euston Films.

He will be a member of Fremantle’s global operating board and its investment committee. He will also be chair of Fremantle’s production companies Wildside (Italy), Miso Film (Scandinavia) and Abot Hameiri (Israel) and will serve on the board of both Kwai and Fontaram in France.

Andrea will also have business and operational responsibility for the execution of Fremantle’s global scripted plan, ensuring that projects are adequately resourced and positioned at the point of greenlight, and working closely with Sarah Doole, Fremantle’s Director of Global Drama, and Jens Richter, CEO, International, throughout development, financing and pre-production.