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´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide has appointed Caroline Torrance as Director of Investment, heading ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide's Content Acquisition team.

Formerly at Endemol, Caroline takes over from Matt Forde who has been promoted to the newly created role of EVP Sales & Distribution and co-pros in ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide's New York office.

As the new Director of Investment, Caroline will be responsible for managing ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide's relationship with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision, ensuring commercial viability of all ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide programme investments and securing international co production partners for in-house ´óÏó´«Ã½ productions.

Wayne Garvie, Managing Director of Content & Production, said: "Caroline brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this role having successfully developed distribution and funding businesses for big players in the industry for over 17 years.

"Matt has done a fantastic job establishing the Content Acquisition team and developing excellent relationships with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vision. I am sure that Caroline will develop the business further and add to our already strong catalogue of ´óÏó´«Ã½ content."

Caroline said: "I am delighted to be joining ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide at a time when there are so many opportunities for development and growth. I am particularly looking forward to working across all areas of ´óÏó´«Ã½ programming and with ´óÏó´«Ã½ producers to ensure that Worldwide continues to support the most exciting and innovative programming and showcase this around the world."

Caroline will report into Wayne Garvie, Managing Director of Content & Production as part of Garvie's senior management team.

Caroline joins ´óÏó´«Ã½WW from Endemol where she was Director of Scripted Programming and Distribution having successfully established a finished programme division and scripted format business. Before Endemol, Caroline worked for Granada International as SVP for the Americas and Eastern Hemisphere and Head of Drama Co-productions.

Caroline will take up her new post at the beginning of September.

NOTES TO EDITORS
About ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide Content and Production programme investment
´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide Content and Production investment into ´óÏó´«Ã½-commissioned programmes (in house and independently produced) increased by 12.1% in 2008/9, to £84.2million.

Cristina Dunn