Nick Pawsey oversees Fremantle’s distribution business across Central and Eastern Europe, leading the strategy to place the company’s finished drama, comedy, premium-factual, entertainment and lifestyle programming, as well as scripted and non-scripted formats.

Nick has driven many high-profile sales in the region, including drama series The Responder, This England and Alarm FurCobra; docuseries Planet Sex with Cara Delevigne and The Elon Musk Show; and the continued expansion of global hit format Got Talent.  

He joined Fremantle in 2017 as VP of Sales and Distribution, and was promoted in 2021 to his current position as SVP of Distribution, CEE.

Prior to Fremantle, Nick served as Director of Sales, Strategy and Development at NBCUniversal, covering key Western European markets. And before that, he was Head of Acquisitions at Antenna Group , based in Athens, Greece. Nick’s previous roles also include sales positions at Wall to Wall and its parent company Warner Bros.  

Nick studied at the University of London and INSEAD, and is an active member of BAFTA and the Royal Television Society.  

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