{"id":35874,"date":"2026-08-03T22:39:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/?p=35874"},"modified":"2026-08-03T22:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:40:58","slug":"fremantle-appoints-new-head-of-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/2026\/08\/03\/fremantle-ernennt-neue-fiction-chefin\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle appoints new head of fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35874\" class=\"elementor elementor-35874\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb8271d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default creativo-sticky-disabled\" data-id=\"eb8271d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;enable_creativo_sticky&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bbcb817\" data-id=\"6bbcb817\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b76af4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74b76af4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Fremantle<\/strong> is reorganising the management of its global fiction business: <strong>Katie O\u2019Connell Marsh<\/strong> will take over as head of the newly created <strong>Global Scripted Hub<\/strong> and, as CEO of the unit, will be responsible for the strategic direction of its international television and film operations.<\/p><p>With this appointment, Fremantle is also filling the vacancy left by <strong>Christian Vesper<\/strong>, who has left the company after around ten years as CEO of Global Drama and Film. O\u2019Connell Marsh will be based in London, reporting directly to <strong>Andrea Scrosati<\/strong>, Group COO and CEO of Continental Europe, report to the global management team and are members of it.<\/p><p>The newly established <strong>Global Scripted Hub<\/strong> will in future bring together the creative, commercial and strategic management of Fremantle\u2019s fiction business. The aim is to coordinate the international development and production of series and film projects across the company\u2019s global labels.<\/p><p>O\u2019Connell Marsh has many years\u2019 experience in the international film and television industry. She co-founded the international TV division of <strong>Gaumont<\/strong> and subsequently held management positions at <strong>DreamWorks Animation<\/strong> and <strong>Platform One Media<\/strong> . Most recently, she worked as an executive producer on projects for <strong>Apple TV+<\/strong> and was a member of the board of <strong>EuropaCorp<\/strong> to.<\/p><p>Andrea Scrosati described O\u2019Connell Marsh as an experienced leader with a keen understanding of international markets and target audiences. She will play a key role in further developing Fremantle\u2019s global fiction business.<\/p><p>O\u2019Connell Marsh also commented on her move, saying she was looking forward to joining the company at an exciting time and to working with the global teams to further expand Fremantle\u2019s creative strength and international portfolio.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f80f46 e-flex e-con-boxed creativo-sticky-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f80f46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_creativo_sticky&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27580de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27580de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fremantle.com\/news\/katie-oconnell-marsh-joins-fremantle-as-new-ceo-global-scripted-hub?utm\">To the press release<\/a><\/h3><h5>\u00a0<\/h5><h5>Image: \u00a9 Unsplash<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle is reorganising the leadership of its global fiction business: Katie O\u2019Connell Marsh will take charge of the newly created Global Scripted Hub from August and, as CEO of the unit, will\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":35875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-minimal.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[47,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fuehrungswechsel","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35874"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35879,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35874\/revisions\/35879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}