Anaïs Lempereur Exits as CFO of Paramount’s Pluto TV to Join Hallmark Media

One other Paramount World exec is out the door: Anaïs Lempereur, after serving as CFO of the corporate’s Pluto TV group for greater than 4 years, is becoming a member of Hallmark Media as chief monetary officer.

Lempereur is about to formally be a part of Hallmark Media in August. She will probably be based mostly in Hallmark Media’s Studio Metropolis workplace, reporting to Jim Shay, government VP and CFO for Hallmark. Within the function, she’s going to oversee the monetary operations of Hallmark Media, which operates three cable networks — Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Thriller and Hallmark Household — and Hallmark Films Now, a subscription streaming service.

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Lempereur joins Hallmark Media from Paramount World, the place she served as senior VP of finance and CFO at Pluto TV, the free-to-watch, ad-supported streaming service acquired by Viacom in 2019. Previous to becoming a member of Pluto TV in October 2019, she was VP of finance at Sweetgreen, a fast-casual salad restaurant chain. Earlier than that she labored at Spotify as international director of economic planning and evaluation from 2014-18. Lempereur holds bachelors and masters levels in economics from Belgium’s Université Libre de Bruxelles.

“Anaïs has demonstrated distinctive management in constructing and scaling finance organizations, driving strategic initiatives, and fostering a collaborative method,” Shay stated in an announcement. “Her dedication to mission-driven enterprise fashions and leveraging know-how to problem conventional industries aligns completely with our model and goals.”

With Lempereur‘s exit from Paramount World, Rosanna Gionni, VP of streaming finance, will probably be stepping in to supervise the Pluto TV finance workforce. Gionni relies within the New York workplace.

Different Paramount World senior execs which have not too long ago departed embody , head of , and . As well as, former CEO .

After earlier this month, Paramount World’s three co-CEOs have to repay debt, and a attainable three way partnership for its streaming enterprise.

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