Seven’s Janeen Faithfull to join Southern Star as CEO
Endemol-owned television production company Southern Star has appointed a new CEO after current CEO Rory Callaghan announced his resignation in January.
Current head of content & rights management at Seven, Janeen Faithfull, will take Callaghan’s place bringing with her 28 years international experience in the TV industry and 15 years at Seven.
At Seven, Faithfull is responsible for the exploitation of IP across all platforms, domestically and internationally. She has been in her role at Seven since 2009.
Prior to her arrival at Seven, Faithfull was vice president of business affairs at Columbia Tristar Television in the US.
Faithfull will directly report to Martha Brass, managing director of international operations at Endemol Group.
Brass said: Janeen is an outstanding executive with over two decades of senior management experience in commercial television. Her expertise spans broadcasting, development, production, distribution and exploitation, working both in Australia and the US and across both scripted and non-scripted genres. We are thrilled to have someone of her calibre to take Southern Star into its next chapter of growth.”
Faithfull said: “I feel very excited and extremely fortunate to be taking on this role for Endemol and I look forward to leading the very successful, creative and motivated Southern Star team into the future. I am thankful for the challenges, experiences, successes and most importantly the support I received during my years at the Seven Network. Endemol is a world leader in television programming and I look forward to ensuring that Southern Star continues to contribute to the shared goals and successes of the Group.”
In 2012 Southern Star’s slate includes new Offspring, the mini series Puberty Blues for Ten, Nine’s World Series Cricket and Paper Giants: Magazine Wars.
Callaghan’s end date and Faithfull’s start date has not yet been announced.
