A+E Networks has promoted Youngsun Soh to senior VP and MD of A+E Korea, and John Flanagan to senior VP and MD of A+E Japan & Southeast Asia.
Saugato “Shoggy” Banerjee, who at present serves as MD of A+E Asia, is leaving the corporate from Sept. 30.
The strikes, supposed to bolster operations in Asia, have been introduced Monday by Patrick Vien, group MD, A+E International and Steve MacDonald, president, international licensing & worldwide.
Based in Seoul, and reporting to Vien, Soh will proceed to steer the expansion of A+E’s enterprise in Korea. She has led the unit since becoming a member of the corporate in 2017 as GM and oversaw the launch of History and Lifetime linear channels.
A+E Korea has since expanded as a producer of unscripted and scripted content material in Korea throughout codecs and media. Titles have included scripted exhibits Backstreet Rookie, Dramaworld, and Woori the Virgin, and digital hit, Nego King. In 2022, the corporate additionally produced the Korean drama sequence If You Wish Upon Me in collaboration with A+E Studios.
Soh joined A+E Networks from Twitter Korea, the place she served as Market Director, and earlier than that BBC Worldwide Channels Asia, and as portfolio government for the BBC in London.
Tokyo-based Flanagan will proceed to steer the expansion of A+E’s enterprise in Japan, the place he has been GM. Flanagan will add oversight of A+E Southeast Asia, which just lately shifted its enterprise to an affiliate distribution-focused mannequin, to proceed to construct upon and maximize presence of the corporate’s content material manufacturers throughout linear and digital distribution together with The History Channel, Lifetime and C+I.
In addition to the A+E Japan workforce, additionally reporting to Flanagan can be Salawati (Wati) Mohammed, head of distribution & partnership improvement, A+E SEA. Pamela Tan, regional head of finance, A+E SEA, will accomplice with Wati in managing the native workforce on a day-to-day foundation.
“We are extraordinarily grateful for Shoggy’s entrepreneurial efforts over time, which helped create so many achievements in our linear companies in Southeast Asia. He was integral to the launch of our multi-faceted media enterprise in Korea and the re-invention of our enterprise in Japan. His many accomplishments at A+E go away us in nice stead to pursue our imaginative and prescient to develop A+E Networks’ footprint even additional all through the area,” mentioned MacDonald.
