BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starz CEO Chris Albrecht announced the hire of Pamela Wolfe as Executive Vice President of Human Resources. Working out of the company’s Beverly Hills headquarters, she will assume responsibilities for all human resources functions for the approximate 800 employees across the Starz businesses.
Wolfe brings to Starz more than 20 years of expertise in all aspects of people management within the entertainment, media, sports and advertising industries.
“Pamela joins Starz with a wealth of expertise in organizational talent management which will serve the company well,” said Albrecht. “As Starz continues to grow the networks and expand its business globally, Pamela’s experience within the creative community make her a valuable addition to the Starz leadership.”
Wolfe said, “I'm thrilled to join such a talented executive team at Starz. It's an exciting time for the company and I'm honored to lead a best-in-class Human Resources team to support the company's continued growth and evolution.”
Wolfe most recently served as Chief People Officer for Eleventh Hour Entertainment, a boutique specialty entertainment and creative staffing firm. Prior to Eleventh Hour, Pamela spent more than a decade leading the Human Resources team at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the world’s leading entertainment and sports agency, where she helped create and develop the people infrastructure to support the agency’s explosive global growth.
Prior to CAA, Wolfe held executive posts at Team One Advertising and EMI-Capitol Music Group and began her HR career at the Walt Disney Company.
About Starz
Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) is a leading integrated global media and entertainment company with operating units that provide premium subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay television networks (Starz Networks) and global content distribution (Starz Distribution), www.starz.com. The Starz Networks operating unit is home to the flagship STARZ® brand with 24.0 million subscribers in the United States as of March 31, 2016, with the STARZ ENCORESM network at 32.4 million subscribers. Through STARZ, the company provides high quality, entertaining premium subscription video programming with 17 premium pay TV channels and associated on-demand and online services. STARZ is sold through U.S. multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, satellite television providers, telecommunications companies, and other online and digital platforms. Starz offers subscribers more than 5,000 distinct premium television episodes and feature films every year and up to 1,500 every month, including STARZ Original series, first-run movies and other popular movie and television programming. The Starz Distribution operating unit is home to the Anchor Bay Entertainment, Starz Digital, and Starz Worldwide Distribution divisions. In addition to STARZ Original series, Starz Distribution develops, produces and acquires movies, television and other entertainment content for worldwide home video, digital, and television licensing and sales.
