Xilam Animation has appointed Céline Carenco as SVP Media Distribution – Asia Pacific. In this role, Carenco will sell Xilam’s growing library of outstanding kids’ and family content to this key market.

 

Bringing more than two decades of experience to the role, Carenco is a veteran of the global content distribution business. She was most recently International Sales & Acquisitions Director at Paris-based Awol Animation. Prior to Awol Animation, she worked at Gaumont Animation (formerly Alphanim) for 15 years, where she was responsible for developing the company’s international distribution activity in Asia, EMEA and Canada.

 

Morgann Favennec, EVP Global Sales Development at Xilam Animation, said: “Céline has a terrific track record in both the creative and business sides of animation and she will be a great asset to our sales team as we continue to forge relationships in the key Asian Pacific market. Céline is highly regarded in in the region where she began and forged her sales career.”

 

Xilam’s Marie-Laure Marchand, SVP of Global Consumer Product and Media Distribution, will now focus 100 percent of her time helping to grow and implement the company’s global consumer products’ strategies to benefit revenue growth and brand building.