March 2026 Newly Elected Members

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is proud to welcome our newly elected Members - spanning 19 countries.

New Directors

 Maria Pia Ammirati 

Director, Rai Fiction 

Rai-Radiotelevisione italiana 

Italy 

Tatsuhiko Inoue 

President 

NHK 

Japan 

New Alternate

 Marc Hausmaninger 

Head of Strategy, International Originals 

Amazon MGM Studios 

USA 

 Lindsay Aubin 

Partner Agent 

William Morris Endeavor 

USA 

Meghan Beaton 

CEO 

Norwegian Film Commission 

Norway 

Max Beckham-Ortner 

Secretary General 

IMZ International Music + Media Centre 

Austria 

Samantha Blanco 

Head of Acquisitions for UK & Ireland and Head of Content for Israel 

Netflix 

United Kingdom 

Regina Breslin 

Vice President Global Content Distribution 

Roku 

USA 

Alptug Copuroglu 

Country Manager Turkey & Middle East 

Prime Video 

Türkiye 

Stefanie Daubek 

CEO / Creative Director 

DOTS & CIRCLES GMBH 

Austria 

Sixte de Vauplane 

Co-Founder & CEO 

Animaj 

France 

Tripp Donnelly 

CEO and Publisher 

Compass Media 

Cayman Islands 

Monica Galantucci 

Founder & CEO 

M74 SRL 

Italy 

Maryann Garger 

Producer of TV and Film 

Paramount Pictures 

USA 

Karsten Guenther 

Executive Producer & Head of Innovation 

Bavaria Fiction GmbH 

Germany 

Jonathan Halperyn 

Managing Director/Producer 

Hero Squared KFT 

Hungary 

Milapsinh Jadeja 

Founder 

Iroller Media and Entertainment P Ltd

India 

 Erin Junkin 

Senior Partner and Co-Head of Scripted Television 

William Morris Endeavor 

USA 

Marialena Karagianni 

Legal and Business Affairs 

Kapa Studios/JK Productions SA 

Greece 

Giannis Karagiannis 

CEO/Producer 

Kapa Studios/JK Productions SA 

Greece 

Nakul Legha 

Head of Scripted 

Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) 

Australia 

Hamish Lewis 

Head of Scripted 

Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia 

Australia 

Paloma Mora Iñesta 

CEO / Producer 

TV ON Producciones 

Spain 

Juan Pablo Ortiz 

CEO / Executive Producer 

Quantico Films 

Peru 

Ana Maria Roca Rey Urrunaga 

COO Production Manager 

Rayo en la Botella 

Peru 

Roopak Saluja 

Founder & Executive Chairman 

BANG BANG Mediacorp 

India 

Tima Shomali 

CEO & Founder 

Filmizion Productions 

Jordan 

Veronika Slamova 

CEO - Director 

Czech Audiovisual Fund 

Czech Republic 

Pedro Uriol 

Producer / Executive Producer 

Morena Films 

Spain 

Nicolás Valdés 

Director 

Circular Media 

Uruguay