Emap Ad Chief Leaves For Disney

Emap’s advertising chief, Tom Toumazis, has quit the company to take up a new role at Walt Disney.

Toumazis, who has been advertising chief at Emap since 1999, will join Disney as senior vice-president and managing director of European distribution. He will take on responsibility for marketing and licensing Disney programming.

His departure comes at a difficult time for Emap which is undergoing a series of changes under recently reappointed chief executive Robin Miller (see Emap Chief Executive Resigns).

Toumazis, who was responsible for the reorganisation of the ad sales department during his time at Emap, was reported as saying that he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to work with Walt Disney Television.

Toumazis’ move to Disney comes just months after the commercial director at ITV, John Hardie, left to take up a position overseeing Disney’s TV operations across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

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