Stage Entertainment Announces Just Spee as New CEO

Stage Entertainment has appointed former Endemol head Just Spee as the company's new CEO. Ronald van Wechem will also join Stage Entertainment, taking a position on the Board of Directors as Chief Operations Officer. With their arrival on 1 September, there will be a reorganisation of portfolios within the Board of Directors, with Peter O'Keeffe taking on responsibilities as Chief Content Officer. The fourth member of the Board of Directors is Rob Groot, who has been Chief Financial Officer since 2014.

Just Spee recently led the international television production company Endemol as CEO from 2012 to 2014, up to the merger with Shine and Core Media. Endemol brought him to the company in 2010 as CFO after he had distinguished himself for over 20 years as Managing Director and CFO at companies such as Alvarez & Marsal Europe, VisioCorp, Dorint Vitens, Philips, TwinStars Consulting, Rothmans International and Procter & Gamble.

Ronald van Wechem was co-founder and Managing Director at Eyeworks from 2001 to 2014. Previously he had served as General Director of Joop van den Ende TV producties, Endemol's largest subsidiary at the time. He was also the co-founder and General Director of AT5, a local television station serving Amsterdam.

Joop van den Ende and Ivo Lurvink (CVC Capital Partners): 'As new joint shareholders, we are very pleased with the addition of Just Spee as CEO of the company. We have every confidence that Just, with his broad knowledge of the international entertainment industry and invaluable experience at Endemol, can successfully strengthen the internal power and international growth potential of Stage Entertainment. The insights and experiences that Ronald van Wechem acquired at Endemol and Eyeworks will also contribute strongly towards this goal.'

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