Lisa Clements, Head of Acquisitions at Sky TV to step down

Lisa Clements, Head of Acquisitions: Entertainment and Movies at Sky New Zealand will be stepping down from her role after 12 years at the company. She will be moving into a position as Strategic Deal and International Content Advisor for Sky until the end of March 2020.

Lisa Clements has had a long and successful history in the New Zealand broadcast and content business over the last twenty years, spanning careers as Head of Acquisitions at both TVNZ and Sky New Zealand. Lisa has negotiated some of Sky's highest profile TV supply deals, such as HBO, and its studio movie supply deals such as Universal, Warners, Sony, MGM, Paramount and Fox.

Martin Stewart, Sky CEO said: "Lisa is a consummate executive, highly respected and well-liked in the international distribution community. Her depth of knowledge of the international content market has been invaluable to the incoming Sky management team, and we are very pleased that she will remain with us for the interim in this transitional role".

Lisa Clements said: "I've been very fortunate to spend such a fulfilling time at Sky, with a phenomenal team supporting me, and having the privilege of dealing with some of the best people in the business in the international distribution community. I look forward to remaining engaged in the field of international content acquisition and negotiation, which is such a passion for me".