June 2025 Elections

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is proud to welcome our newly elected Directors, Alternates & Members - spanning 16 countries.

New Directors

Pedro Pina

VP, YouTube EMEA

YouTube

United Kingdom

Nelson Sato

CEO

SATO Company

Brazil

Morgan Wandell

Head of International Content

Apple TV+

USA

New Alternates

David Atlan-Jackson

Chief Content Officer

Vuelta

France

Jacqueline Sato

Actress, Host, Screenwriter, Producer

SATO Company

Brazil

New Members

Enes Adli

Bureau Chief

Turkish Radio Television Corporation

USA

Salem Al Youha Almheiri

CEO of Media Content Sector

Dubai Media Inc

UAE

Sarah Aljarman

Senior Vice President - TV and Radio

Dubai Media Inc

UAE

Marcio Guilherme B. da Silva

VP of Streaming, Studios, and International Channels

Caracol Televisión

Colombia

Martin Bachmann

Board Member

Constantin Film AG

Germany

Luísa Barbosa

Producer

Conspiração

Brazil

Arnim Butzen

Senior Vice President MagentaTV

Deutsche Telekom

Germany

Gregg Bywalski

Managing Director

Webedia Creators

France

Bia Caldas

Producer

Tatuí Filmes

Brazil

Viorel Chesaru

Managing Director

Chainsaw Europe Studio SRL

Romania

Sean Cho

EVP, Global Business Division

CJ ENM

South Korea

Geórgia Costa Araujo

President

Coração da Selva

Brazil

Francesco Alessandro de Blasi

Producer

Alexandra Cinematografica

Italy

Maria Angela De Jesus

CEO

TV Cultura - Fundação Padre Anchieta

Brazil

Benoit Di Sabatino

CEO

Banijay Kids & Family

France

Mustapha El-Achkar

Head of Media Partnerships

MBC Group

UAE

Souha El Assal

Lead - Dubai Studios

Dubai Media Inc

UAE

Joy Ernanny

Creative Executive

Amazon MGM Studios

Brazil

Mark Francis

Chief Content and Strategy Officer

Vidio

Indonesia

Anna Godas

CEO

Dogwoof

United Kingdom

Déborah Hadjedj-Jarmon

Screenwriter / Showrunner / Consultant

France

Oli Harbottle

Chief Content Officer

Dogwoof

United Kingdom

Pious Jhong Hwan Jung

President of Content & Global Business

CJ ENM

South Korea

Kristen Kane

President & CEO

Noggin

USA

Juanjo Lopez

Director / Executive Producer

The Tintirin Team

Spain

Daniel Mejia

Director

Independent

USA

Aaron Moskal

Producer

Freelance / Boulet Brothers Productions / Sony

USA

Akiko Murai

Deputy Head of NHK Special/Executive Producer

NHK

Japan

Chinenye Chichi Nworah

CEO/Creative Lead

Giant Creative Media

Nigeria

Mariann Peller

CEO-Founder

Virtuosos Holding Ltd

Hungary

Dean Possenniskie

Managing Director, UK, Europe, Middle East & Africa

Hearst Networks

United Kingdom

Lázaro Ramos

Actor, Director, Writer

LP LAZ Produções Artísticas Ltda

Brazil

Dimitri Rassam

Producer

Chapter 2

France

Chiara Sbarigia

President

APA - Audiovisual Producers Association

Italy

Jangho Seo

EVP of Content Business Division

CJ ENM

South Korea

Ziba Shahpouri

CCO

HA International

UAE

Anna Shchur

CEO, Executive Producer

Siesta Entertainment

Spain

Priscilla Siney

Producer

Summertime

France

Roberto Stabile

Head of the International Department, Cinecittà/Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Ministry of Culture (DGCA-MiC)

Cinecittà

Paula Taborda dos Guaranys

Chief Creative Officer

Ginga Stories

Spain

Athena Xenidou

Producer

Ray Films (Cyprus) Ray Talent Agency (Greece)

Greece