New Fremantle CEO Mullin Reorganizes Management

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Jennifer Mullin, named global CEO of Fremantle last year, announced a restructuring of the company’s senior executives.

Suzanne Lopez was promoted to COO for North America from executive VP of business and legal affairs.

Named to succeed Lopez as executive VP of business and legal affairs is Tim Grau, who has been with Fremantle for nearly 12 years, most recently as senior VP of commercial partnerships and business affairs.

Dan Funk was named executive VP of unscripted production. Another Fremantle veteran, Funk was most recently executive producer for Let’s Make a Deal.

Meredith Berens has joined Fremantle as senior VP of human resources from DreamWorks Animations, where she was head of international HR.

“At a time of exciting growth and ambition for Fremantle’s U.S. business, I’m delighted to have further strengthened our top team, combining first-class talent from outside Fremantle with outstanding colleagues from within,” Mullin said.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.