Stalwart UK lit company Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has appointed main agent Jodi Shields to the place of Chairwoman with total duty for the corporate.
Following three a long time on the agency, most lately overseeing the movie and TV enterprise, Shields now takes on the newly created position.
Tracy Brimm, who joined in 2018 as Artistic Affairs Govt will increase her position to incorporate the place of Head of Movie and Tv.
As Chairwoman, Shields will function the strategic lead, working carefully with COO Ian Devlin, Head of Theatre Mel Kenyon, the board of administrators, heads of division and the advisory board. The position goals to form the corporate’s long-term imaginative and prescient and “make sure that the values of the impartial company proceed to develop and evolve”. Alongside her tenure as Chairwoman, she’s going to proceed her work as a senior agent.
Shields joined the corporate in 1998, 9 years after it was based Giorgio and the late Jenne Casarotto. She has amassed an enviable consumer listing together with Steve McQueen, Edward Berger, Peter Straughan, Sarah Gavron, Lone Scherfig, Bart Layton, Kibwe Tavares, Ian Hislop, John Crowley, Susanna White, Nia DaCosta, Purvis and Wade, Jessica Hobbs, Gregory Burke, Waad Al-Kateab, Tony Grisoni, Stephen Frears, Christopher Hampton, David Hare, Shawn Slovo and John Madden, in addition to the estates of Dame Muriel Spark, JG Ballard and Tennessee Williams.
Brimm beforehand held positions at Ahead Movies, ICM and TF1 Worldwide. Within the newly expanded position of Head of Movie and Tv, she’s going to “oversee the route and operations of the Movie and Tv division while persevering with to guide Artistic Affairs, cultivating key business relationships and facilitating strategic connections between the company’s purchasers, inventive companions, and bespoke materials”.
Longtime Casarotto chief Jenne Casarotto handed away in March of final 12 months following a brief sickness, a time the corporate board beforehand described as “tumultuous” and “tough”. Shortly after, the company’s managing director Anna Higgs exited after solely a 12 months on the agency. The impartial firm has now settled on new management.
Chairwoman Jodi Shields mentioned: “In relation to fearless management of our beloved firm, I had the chance to be taught from the most effective in Jenne Casarotto. I look ahead to channelling her indomitable spirit to make sure that Casarotto continues to face on the forefront of London’s international inventive output, connecting storytellers, producers, and media corporations from all over the world, as we have now performed for the previous 36 years. I’ve enormously loved my eight years as Head of Movie and Tv, and I’ve little question that Tracy will method the position together with her signature power, experience and readability of imaginative and prescient. Casarotto stays proudly impartial, collaborative, and devoted to nurturing a variety of expertise with individualised steering and a private contact, while championing and amplifying marginalised voices throughout the business. These adjustments in our management mirror our continued dedication to those beliefs.”
Tracy Brimm, Head of Movie and Tv, commented: “I’m thrilled to step into this expanded position and to assist steer our bold and devoted staff that really embodies collaborative excellence. Collectively, we’re deeply dedicated to supporting and delivering on our purchasers’ ambitions. I look ahead to guaranteeing we proceed to innovate and adapt—at all times with an eye fixed on our purchasers and bringing their tales to the display screen—whereas constructing on the corporate’s spectacular legacy to form a fair brighter future for our purchasers and for the company.”
