Didier Ghez Email & Phone Number

Miami, FL, US

Cambridge, England, GB

• Leading the expansion of Bango's Digital Vending Machine across Latin America and Iberia with a focus on telcos, ISPs and other relevant subscription resellers.Bango is the international SaaS platform of reference for.

Santa Monica, California, US

• Oversaw the International Business Development, Distribution & Partnership team, with a focus on driving customer acquisition and increasing distribution across Canada, UK, and LATAM for Starz’s SVOD services: STARZ.
• Successfully built and led Starz International's distributed, multicultural BD and Distribution team (UK, Brazil, Los Angeles)
• Expanded Starz International's commercial strategy to diversify revenue streams (through new distribution partners, bundles, brand partnerships, etc.)
• Led the negotiations of multi-territory distribution deals with Mercado Libre (largest e-commerce platform in Latin America) and YouTube (YouTube Primetime Channels)

Glendale, CA, US

• Led the international expansion of Age of Learning, creator of ABCmouse, the most popular eLearning app for kids in North America.
• Defined Age of Learning’s international go-to-market strategy
• Headed partnership negotiations with some of the largest media and mobile companies in Asia, Europe and Latin America
• Launched app distribution partnership in Vietnam with Galaxy Education, and VOD content deal in Korea with 2nd largest mobile operator, KT

• Led Funimation’s (the largest distributor of anime in the world and a subsidiary of Sony Pictures) domestic licensing of AVOD, SVOD, and TV as well as international licensing in all windows (Theatrical, DVD/Blu-Ray.
• Spearheaded the expansion of Funimation’s OTT service in Latin America.
• Closed multiple record-dollar-amount non-exclusive domestic deals with Netflix, resulting in a 3-fold increase of Funimation’s SVOD licensing revenues in 3 years.
• Doubled the number of international distribution partners, resulting in a 2.5-fold increase in international licensing revenues in 3 years.

New York City, NY, US

• Owned the strategy and business development for Digital Distribution across LATAM, Spain, and Portugal. Defined and implemented new windowing, pricing, and product strategies (PVOD, AVOD, etc.) across strategic partners.
• Successfully negotiated SVOD, TVOD, and EST distribution deals across LATAM and Iberia with main MVPDs and OTT players like NET/DLA, Netflix, DirecTV, Sky, Telefonica, Apple, and Cinepolis.
• Renegotiated complex pan-regional agreements with high-level customers including NET, DirecTV, and Televisa while navigating and accounting for regional unrest across Venezuela, Mexico, and Brazil.
• Increased revenues two-fold for NBCUniversal’s LATAM SVOD in less than six years.
• Bolstered NBCUniversal’s LATAM TVOD/EST revenues seven-fold in less than six years.

Burbank, CA, US

• Headed up strategy and business development for Digital Distribution across Italy and Spain. Performed a thorough analysis on the impact of changing business models on existing Warner Bros. businesses – such as the.
• Led the negotiation of VOD, EST, and Mobile distribution deals across Southern Europe with main MVPDs and OTT players (i.e., Apple, Telefonica, Ono, Orange).
• Developed a $10MM TVOD/EST market across Southern Europe within six years, taking end-to-end ownership to build from scratch.
• Established Warner as the recognized VOD/EST market leader for six consecutive years.
• Boosted digital market growth in the country by creating and leading an industry-wide Spanish “Digital Forum.”

• In charge of Disney’s Broadband strategy and activities across Europe:
• Pan-European Broadband Business Development: content distribution negotiations for massive multi-user game Toontown, E-learning Disney Magic English and E-DVD offering with all major European ISPs, including Terra.
• Definition and implementation of marketing plans within The Walt Disney Company to support launches of Broadband products after conclusion of business development negotiations.

• In charge of Disney’s New Media strategy and activities for Latin America (pan-regional):
• Business development of Wireless content distribution (e.g.: Telcel, Claro, Vivo, TIM, Unifon): Negotiated content distribution agreements with all major wireless carriers in Latin America and content wholesale deals.
• Key account management of Terra for launch of Broadband offering (Disney Magic Connection)

- Recruitment and training of internet staff in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil- Management of teams developing and promoting disneylatino.com, disney.com.br and Fox Kids sites- Setting up of strategic alliances to increase traffic and revenues

- Supervision of agencies developing Disney’s Internet sites in France, Italy, Spain and Latin America- Transferring technological and marketing knowledge to the teams in charge of Internet activities within the various lines of business of The Walt Disney Company

- In charge of www.disneylandparis.com

European Master In Management, Business Management

Baccalaureate C (Scientific) With Honours

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