Fox International Channels' Jesus Perezagua Steps Down
Los Angeles, Calif., March 24, 2014--Fox International Channels (FIC) President for Europe and Africa Jesus Perezagua will be stepping down effective April 30. He will consult for companies in the group after that date.Hernan Lopez, president and CEO said that a search will begin immediately for a successor.
Perezagua first joined the company in 2003 as managing director of FIC Spain and Portugal. In 2005 he was tasked with directing the company’s expansion across Eastern and Central Europe, Turkey and Greece. He was named president of Europe and Africa in 2011.
“We’re disappointed that Jesus is leaving FIC,” said Mr. Lopez, in a statement. “He’s done an outstanding job growing FIC Europe and Africa as a valued asset for the company and we are grateful for his leadership over the past several years. However, we respect his decision, thank him for his tremendous contributions, and wish him nothing but the very best. We’ll start an immediate search for his replacement, and hope to have an executive in place as soon as possible.”
FIC, a unit of 21st Century Fox, which operates some 324 branded channels reaching a total of more than 1.6 billion subscribers worldwide.
Perezagua began his career at FIC in 2003, joining the group as managing director of FIC Spain and Portugal. From 2005, he headed up the company's expansion across Eastern and Central Europe as well as Greece and Turkey before taking over for the entire European and African operations in 2011.
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