Hollywood lobbying and advocacy group the Motion Picture Assn. has appointed Emilie Anthonis as president and managing director for the Europe, Center East and Africa area, efficient Jan. 1. She is going to take the reins from Stan McCoy, who’s stepping down after greater than a decade within the function.
The MPA represents the pursuits of its members, that are Paramount International, Sony Footage, Common Studios, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Discovery, Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios and Netflix.
“Emilie is a veteran of the MPA and the European audiovisual sector, and she or he’s earned a robust popularity as a robust advocate for the artistic business, an knowledgeable in policymaking, a revered voice in European capitals, and a pacesetter of integrity,” mentioned Charles Rivkin, chairman and CEO of the MPA. “Emilie is able to take the reins of our operations and function an efficient voice for our business throughout this area, and I’ve full confidence in her capability to maintain advancing the MPA’s priorities, main our coverage engagements and accompanying our member studios’ partnerships with stakeholders all through Europe and past.”
Primarily based in Brussels, Anthonis will report back to Gail MacKinnon, senior government vp, international coverage and authorities affairs.
“I’m trying ahead to serving the MPA members on this new capability whereas persevering with the spirit of teamwork that Stan has impressed throughout all of our MPA EMEA operations,” mentioned Anthonis. “Europe is such a key marketplace for the MPA’s members, they usually have a really lengthy historical past of storytelling and partnerships within the area.”
“I’m proud to move the baton after an thrilling decade main what’s undoubtedly the EMEA area’s most expert commerce affiliation throughout public coverage, antipiracy, and all its different fields of experience,” mentioned McCoy, a former senior U.S. commerce official who’s leaving the MPA to return to his native Washington DC space.
Previous to becoming a member of the MPA in 2017, Anthonis was director of authorized and public affairs on the Affiliation of Business Tv in Europe. Earlier than ACT, she served as in-house counsel at Viacom. She started her profession as an IP lawyer in a Brussels regulation agency specializing in copyright and media regulation. Anthonis studied regulation on the Universities of Leuven and Antwerp and acquired further grasp’s levels in each European and mental property regulation on the College of Brussels.
