Dogwoof Grows Sales and Business Affairs Team

London-based mostly documentary professional Dogwoof has restructured its business affairs and gross sales teams as it continues to broaden into manufacturing.

Previous Western Edge Pictures executive Will Kane will join the enterprise as head of company affairs, performing intently with CEO Anna Godas and head of acquisitions and distribution Oli Harbottle to expand Dogwoof’s creation and financing arms.

In the meantime, Cleo Veger has been promoted to head of gross sales, and previous TVF Intercontinental gross sales and acquisitions govt Katie Bench has joined as new senior product sales executive.

Veger joined in 2014 and moved to the position of revenue govt in 2017, and then profits supervisor in 2019. She will head an expanded profits workforce throughout all income and pre-income as nicely as festivals. Bench, who specialized in gross sales for Latin The united states, Iberia and Benelux at TVF, will oversee Tv set revenue in a selection of territories. Each executives will be attending this week’s Sheffield DocFest and having conferences at MeetMarket.

Ana Vicente, who has been overseeing the sales group, ways into a freshly designed strategy and small business advancement position.

The restructure will come as Dogwoof — which was customarily regarded as a documentary product sales agent and distributor — seems to be to integrate production, product sales, funding and distribution.

Godas explained: “At Dogwoof, we believe that in establishing our in-residence expertise, like Cleo and Ana, for the reason that our group is simply just the crucial to our results. Similarly, we are aggressively expanding in the production and sales area and we want the correct calibre of people like Katie and Will to assist choose us to the future stage.”

Additional Veger: “I’m thrilled to get the upcoming phase as head of profits at Dogwoof as we keep on to expand and bring a slate of extraordinary movies and jobs to the industry. Will and Katie are a good addition to our rising workforce who will aid increase our access.”

Vicente stated: “I’m very pleased to have been element of the Dogwoof transformation in excess of the final 10 decades. It has been a journey. I’m grateful to be entrusted with this new role and excited to keep on on the route to more build Dogwoof’s enlargement.”

Dogwoof’s hottest sales titles incorporate “The Story of Film” director Mark Cousins’ new documentary “My Identify is Alfred Hitchcock” and Alexandre O. Philippe’s “Lynch/Oz,” which planet premiered in Tribeca. Kane will tackle all legal and small business affairs, taking a critical position in structuring Dogwoof’s increasing range of production and financing investments.

In the final year, Dogwoof has additional four other new workforce users, which include Debbie London, who joined as generation administration govt to look immediately after the increasing selection of titles in creation Nafi Gordon-Sy, who boarded as head of property leisure, and arrived from BT Eyesight to develop the company’s system, Dogwoof on Demand from customers previous Trafalgar Releasing government Tom Howson, who joined as head of theatrical gross sales and Rachel Brown, who came from production outlet Impartial Amusement as a revenue and marketing government, and government PA to Godas.

(Pictured, L-R: Katie Bench, Cleo Veger)