New CEO at Film Finances Australasia

Film Finances Australasia Drama exec Dan Read has been promoted to the new position of CEO.

Managing Director, Anni Browning, said, “Dan will take on more of the day to day management of the company, which will be a great support to me at time when we are busier than ever in Australia and New Zealand.

“Dan has been with the company for nearly five years and brings incredible attention to detail and a great finance acumen to the role.”

“I’m thrilled to take on this senior position at Film Finances at this busy time for the organisation. I join a small group of esteemed industry professionals who have held the position before me – including my mother, Adrienne Read, who was Anni’s immediate predecessor in the mid-90s,” Read said.

Browning is not retiring, but sharing her management load with Read, according to a press release.

Mr Read joined FFA in 2013 following a 20-year career in production. He has worked on all formats of drama production from short film to TV series to feature films large and small. His credits include Moulin Rouge, Australia, The Waiting City, Underbelly and The Wolverine.

Film Finances Australasia is an associate and representative in Australasia, of the US-based Film Finances, Inc, a subsidiary of FFI Holdings PLC (AIM: FFI). The Company is the market leader in the provision to film financiers of completion contracts for the film, television and transmedia industries in Australia and in other countries around the world.

The company’s recent projects include The Dressmaker, Hacksaw Ridge, The Water Diviner, Hunt for the Wilderpeople and the new ABC drama Pulse.