Pierluigi Gazzolo, Luis Silberwasser and Donna Speciale Join Univision With President-Level Roles
New year, new faces for Spanish-language leader’s corner officesTony Maglio | January 11, 2021 @ 2:00 PM Last Updated: January 11, 2021 @ 4:33 PM
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Univision just went on one hell of a hiring spree. The Spanish-language leader has brought aboard Pierluigi Gazzolo, Luis Silberwasser and Donna Speciale and each carries a “president” title.
Gazzolo, who hails from ViacomCBS, is president of Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) and chief transformation officer. Silberwasser is president of Univision Television Networks Group. Those are both newly created positions.
Speciale, as you probably guessed, is Univision’s new president of ad sales and marketing.
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Donna Speciale was named president of advertising sales and marketing at Univision, as part of the Hispanic media giant’s reorganization under new management.
Speciale, who most recently oversaw ad sales at WarnerMedia, will be charged with leading Univision’s advertising and marketing business to deliver new ad products and solutions. Speciale left WarnerMedia in July 2019 in the aftershocks of AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner.
As part of the announcement, Univision also named Pierluigi Gazzolo to the newly created role of president and chief transformation officer; Luis Silberwasser, to the newly created role of president of Univision TV Networks Group; c to exec VP of content distribution and partnerships; Adam Shippee to the newly created role of exec VP, corporate development, strategy and transformation; and Amy Tenbrink to exec VP and associate general counsel, revenue/business development.
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ViacomCBS executive Pierluigi Gazzolo, former Telemundo president Luis Siberwasser, andformer WarnerMedia ad sales chief Donna Speciale will be among the new executives at the Spanish-language giant.
Univision Communications, now under new ownership, has named a fresh slate of executives to lead the company alongside CEO Wade Davis.
Pierluigi Gazzolo will become president ad chief transformation officer for the company. Gazzolo was a longtime veteran of Viacom, where he worked alongside Davis, who was Viacom s CFO before joining the venture that acquired Univision. He was most recently president of streaming and studios for ViacomCBS Networks International.