The North Road Company Names Netflix And HBO Vet Rochelle Gerson Head of Business Affairs
deadline.comThe North Road Company has hired Netflix and HBO vet Rochelle Gerson as head of business affairs. She will oversee the strategy and execution of all content deals across North Road’s portfolio of production companies.
She will also provide counsel to North Road’s executive team, including Amy Israel, Jenno Topping, Jan Frouman, Chris Coelen, Connor Schell, and Darian Singer, and report to CEO David Nevins.
Gerson spent nearly five years with Netflix, where she led a team of more than 40 staffers as VP of Original Series, overseeing business and legal services for more than $1 billion worth of programming.
Previously, Gerson spent more than a decade with HBO, rising to SVP of Business Affairs and overseeing a broad range of licensing, acquisition, co-production, and talent deals.
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