Longtime FX enterprise affairs lawyer Shola Ajewole has been named to the newly fashioned place of senior vice chairman of artistic and cult
Longtime FX enterprise affairs lawyer Shola Ajewole has been named to the newly fashioned place of senior vice chairman of artistic and cultural variety on the premium cabler.
Ajewole, who will report back to FX chairman John Landgraf, will head FX and FX Productions’ variety and inclusion efforts, to “assist guarantee they’re mirrored in all points of its tradition, artistic relationships and content material, working carefully with expertise to assist their objectives.” He will even work carefully with Disney Common Leisure Content material’s variety and inclusion crew on its company initiatives.
“I’m honored to take this new position and excited to work with John Landgraf, Eric Schrier and the remainder of my colleagues to assist FX construct on its custom of empowering various artistic voices and championing content material that celebrates understanding and inclusion,” stated Ajewole. “All through my profession, I’ve remained dedicated to inclusion as a result of it’s enormously rewarding from a creative, enterprise and cultural degree. FX has been a frontrunner and a mannequin for change in our trade and I’m thrilled to assist us construct upon that legacy.”
Ajewole first joined FX in 2016 as VP of enterprise affairs, shepherding deal-making throughout scripted, animated and unscripted tasks and forming partnerships throughout numerous FX and Walt Disney Tv divisions. He was beforehand VP of enterprise and authorized affairs at Fox 21 Tv Studios, and first got here to Fox in 2013 as director of enterprise and authorized affairs for Fox Sports activities. A Columbia College legislation faculty graduate, Ajewole has additionally beforehand labored in enterprise affairs at ABC Tv Group ABC Studios, Comcast Leisure Group and Weil, Gotshal and Manges. He’s additionally a founding member of the LA chapter of 21st Century Fox Black Worker Community Group (NOIR), Walt Disney Tv’s Black Enterprise Employment Useful resource Group (NOIR LA) and Fox Networks Group’s Professional-Bono Counsel.
“I can’t consider a greater particular person than Shola to take this new position as we attempt to be extra inclusive and proceed to develop programming that’s extra reflective of our world,” stated Landgraf. “We’ve had the nice fortune of working carefully with Shola on the authorized aspect of our unique programming, and it grew to become very clear to me and everybody on our crew that he was an ideal match for this place. He understands our model, has nice artistic instincts and is enthusiastic about this chance to assist us enhance and diversify the FX model and tradition.”