In his new role as General Manager of Onza, Carlos Garde will work with CEO Gonzalo Sagardía to continue driving the production company’s growth in Spain, the USA and Latin America.
Almost a decade after its founding, Onza has bolstered its workforce with new additions to the team in order to stimulate a new period of growth.
“In recent years we’ve experienced a significant increase in Onza’s business. Therefore, we decided to strengthen the workforce by both promoting internal talent and bringing in new professionals with extensive experience in the sector”, explained Gonzalo Sagardía, Onza’s CEO.
Carlos Garde joined in 2019 as the Director of Onza Distribution. Throughout this time, Carlos Garde has been the driving force behind Onza’s presence on all international markets and has sealed large distribution agreements with the industry’s top players, leading the distribution company to record sales and profits in 2022.
In his new role as General Manager of Onza, Carlos Garde will work with CEO Gonzalo Sagardía to continue driving the production company’s growth in Spain, the USA and Latin America.
Of his new professional venture, Carlos Garde commented: “It is with great excitement that I take on the challenge of continuing to drive the growth of Onza, a production company with a great team and ambitious international expansion projects. I’m convinced that our productions will position Onza as one of the sector’s leading content creators”.
Onza is also expanding its team by bringing Carlos Rodríguez into the Legal & Business Affairs Department. Previously, Rodríguez formed part of NBC Universal as Senior Legal and Compliance Counsel in the International Networks division. Carlos Rodríguez also has experience on the legal teams at Universal Music and Zeppelin Tv.
This reinforcement is completed by Béatrice Nouh as Onza Distribution’s new Head of Sales. Béatrice Nouh joins Onza from The Mediapro Studio Distribution where she worked as Sales Manager for Europe. She has extensive experience in the sector with leading distributors in France and Spain, such as Lagardère Studios Distribution, currently part of Mediawan.
In 2022, Onza has produced series such as Real Madrid, The White Legend (Amazon Prime Video), the third season of Comerse el Mundo (RTVE), The Shot (Amazon Prime Video), Un Madrid para flipar (Telemadrid) and Los Reyes Magos: la verdad (Amazon Prime Video), as well as series that will be available in 2023 such as Young Addictions.
With respect to Onza Américas, this year, the fiction podcast E-St@tus (Spotify) was launched with great success and the series Isla Brava will soon be released on the Vix+ platform.
