MRC Promotes Veteran Exec Scott Tenley to CEO
thewrap.comMRC has promoted veteran leader and current chief business officer Scott Tenley to chief executive officer, the company announced on Thursday.Tenley’s elevation comes seven months after he successfully negotiated the company’s separation from Valence Media, reconstituting MRC as the premier independent film and television studio.
In his new role, Tenley will oversee the studio’s film, TV and non-fiction divisions, strategic partnerships, as well as all shared service functions of the company, including finance, legal, and HR.
As part of the new executive structure, founders Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu will become Chairmen.“Scott Tenley has a hand in nearly every single deal, every single accomplishment at MRC over the past 16 years.
He has blazed trails in almost every facet of our business, from selling House of Cards to Netflix to setting up The Academy of Country Music Awards on Amazon Prime Video, to ever-evolving credit facilities, equity arrangements and beyond,” Wiczyk and Satchu said in a statement. “But Scott is so much more than a deal person: he is our cultural heart, our loudest cheerleader, our most ferocious defender, and our ambassador to the community.
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