Skydance has locked in New Paramount’s leadership team ahead of Thursday’s expected closing of its $8 billion merger with the Hollywood studio.

David Ellison will lead the company as CEO, while RedBird Capital Partners’ sports and media chairman and former NBCUniversal executive Jeff Shell will serve as president. RedBird’s Andy Gordon will also serve as chief operating and strategy officer, while Andrew Warren will continue as interim chief financial officer.

Cindy Holland, a former Netflix executive who has been serving as a senior advisor to Ellison since October , will oversee the direct-to-consumer division, which includes Paramount+ and Pluto TV, as chair.

Skydance chief creative officer Dana Goldberg and former Sony Motion Picture Group president Josh Greenstein will serve

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