London– FremantleMedia International (FMI) announced the appointment of Al De Azpiazu as VP of Sales & Distribution, Western Europe.

Azpiazu will be charged with further exploring exploitation opportunities for FMI’s 22,000 hours of premium scripted and non-scripted content across France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. He will report to Jamie Lynn, EVP, Sales & Distribution, EMEA.

Prior to his role at FMI, Al De Azpiazu served as Executive Director, Sales at Warner Bros. International Television Production having been promoted twice since joining the company in 2010 as Sales Development Executive and then Director, Sales.