Senior management shake-up at Endemol

Endemol has instigated wide-ranging senior management changes with new roles for Martha Brass, Edwin van Es and Boudewijn Beusmans.

The production and distribution firm said Friday that COO and Endemol France boss Virginie Calmels is leaving.

This morning it said that its Management Board, which comprises CEO Just Spee and president Tim Hincks, has created a new Management Committee that will oversee the day-to-day operation of the business.

Martha Brass, formerly managing director of international operations will joins the Management Committee as COO. She will continue to oversee emerging markets whilst adding responsibility for additional territories including Scandinavia and Central and Eastern Europe.

Edwin van Es, formerly group finance director, joins the Management Committee as CFO, overseeing all the Group’s finance activities. Boudewijn Beusmans, global head of legal and corporate secretary, will also join the new Committee.

The executives will all continue to report to Just Spee. He said: “The new structure will help us to focus on the key strategic drivers of the business as we look to continue the growth and diversification Endemol achieved throughout 2012.”