Cyber Group Studios staffs up

France-based kids producer and distributor Cyber Group Studios has made several executive changes bringing on new sales and production staff and promoting others.

Jacques Romeu joins from Studio 100 and will become an exec producer and will report to Olivier Lelardoux who has been upped to senior VP, animation.

Former Moonscoop sales exec Marie Conge joins Cyber as vice president, sales, acquisitions and new media – replacing Carole Brin who has left the company. Emmanuel Dereau joins the company from Canal+ and will oversee sales to Latin America and Asia.

Also on the distribution side, Silène Chaves has been upped to international sales manager. Younès Menouar, who has been at Transatlantic Video and TF1, joins Cyber and will report to Menouar in a sales support role.

“I am thrilled that the growth and the prospects of our company is enabling us to hire more talent that will bring their own expertise to the Cyber Group Studios’ team, as it is the combination of new talent and [our existing] culture that has forged Cyber Group Studios’ path over the first ten years of our existence,” said company chairman and CEO Pierre Sissmann.