Casarotto Ramsay & Associates Hires Ex-Meta Exec Anna Higgs As Managing Director
20.07.2023 - 07:17
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UK agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has named former Meta and Film4 exec Anna Higgs as Managing Director.
She will join in August having most recently been Director of Entertainment Partnerships at Meta, which has been cutting staff as it seeks to reshape its business amid economic uncertainty.
Higgs has is also the Chair of the BAFTA Film Committee, having been recently reelected. She was also The Night Manager producer The Ink Factory’s digital lead, Film4’s Head of Digital and worked at online channel Nowness. Further back she founded Quark Films.
Higgs joins a team of over 60 staff, who look after a client roster that includes Academy Award winning directors Steve McQueen, Edward Berger and Lenny Abrahamson; Academy Award winning writer Christopher Hampton; Mood creator Nicôle Lecky; Enola Holmes and His Dark Materials scribe Jack Thorne; playwrights such as Sir David Hare and Lucy Kirkwood; and several others. It also reps the literary estates including Tennessee Williams and JG Ballard.
Jodi Shields, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates’ Department Head of Film and TV said: “Anna is a world class creative leader with a deep and broad track record in storytelling across all platforms, formats, and genres. She is uniquely placed to bring a wealth of new skills and experience to our global business.”
Along with her appointment, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has also moved to create an advisory board, with immediate effect. Its six inaugural appointments are agents Abby Singer, Anthony Mestriner, Emma Trounson, Lucinda Prain and Rachel Taylor, who will all continue to represent their clients, and Tracy Brimm, who will continue as Head of Creative Affairs).
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