Appointment of Group Chief Financial Officer
22 May 2007
London, May 22, 2007: Entertainment One Limited is pleased to announce that Giles Willits has joined the executive board of Entertainment One as Group Chief Financial Officer. Giles, 40, joins from the supermarket retailer J Sainsbury plc, where he was Director of Group Finance since 2005. Prior to Sainsburys, Giles worked for seven years at Woolworths Group plc, where he held a number of senior positions including Director of Group Finance and Group Corporate Development Director. During this time Giles spent four years as Finance Director of Entertainment UK Limited, the leading UK entertainment software and book wholesaler.
Darren Throop, Chief Executive of Entertainment One Limited, said: 'Giles brings significant entertainment industry and financial expertise to Entertainment One, and his mergers and acquisitions experience will prove invaluable as we pursue acquisition opportunities in Europe and North America.'
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Note to the Editors:
Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE: ETO) AIM listed, Entertainment One Ltd's strategy is to build a leading global independent entertainment content ownership and distribution business which acquires films, television programs and music content and exploits these rights in all media throughout the world. Entertainment One is one of the world’s leading international entertainment companies with operations in Canada, the U.S, Benelux and the UK, where it distributes, acquires and owns filmed entertainment and music content in all medias. Entertainment One also owns Koch Entertainment, the largest independent record label in North America and a leading independent distributor of music and video in the United States. www.entertainmentonegroup.com