Imagine Entertainment has promoted Beth Bednarski to chief financial officer, COO Steve Schiccia announced Friday.
Bednarski will oversee human resources, operations and IT, as well as finance and accounting, and partner with senior leadership on business development and strategic initiatives.
“I have had the opportunity to work with Beth for more than a decade and know her to be exceptionally strategic and operational. She has become an integral part of the senior leadership team at Imagine, especially as the company has expanded aggressively into new content businesses over the past few years,” Shikia said in a statement.
Bednarski previously held the position of executive vice president of finance and operations at Imagine. Prior to joining Imagine, Bednarski served as Vice President of Finance at Shine America. He started his career at Deloitte.
Imagine Entertainment is one of Hollywood’s largest independent production companies. The banner was founded by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer in 1986 and has since become home to such influential projects as “Apollo 13,” “A Beautiful Mind” and “Arrested Development.” Most recently, Imagine released Lin-Manuel Miranda’s feature directorial debut “Tick, Tick… Boom!” for Netflix starring Andrew Garfield, as well as for Garfield’s Hulu limited series “Under the Banner of Heaven.”
Deadline first reported