aldo spagnoli
As CEO and Founder of Funwood Media, now a Banjay company, Aldo Spagnoli specialises in the production, acquisition and distribution of high-quality European content across Italy, Spain and France.
In 2009 he is Founder and President of Elastic Rights Italia, a company specialized in the integrated management of brands and multimedia content for children and young people, such as "Il Mondo di Patty".
Previously, he held leading roles at Mediaset, serving as Managing Director of Telecinco, where he oversaw the Spanish market, and from 2000 to 2004, he was Senior Manager and Strategic Consultant for Livolsi & Partners, (Marchant Bank).
Alongside his role at Funwood Media, Spagnoli acts as President of Wamba Onlus, a charity supporting the launch of care centres for those suffering with SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy).
EXPERTISE
FUNWOOD MEDIA
Managing Director
Managing Director and Founder
ELASTIC RIGHTS
ITALY SRL
Co-Founder CEO, President
LIVOLSI & PARTNERS
Senior Manager and Strategic Consultant for media and corporate communication companies.
TELECINCO
Managing Director with responsibility for the channel's film and television acquisitions and co-productions, he closed historic deals in terms of timing and methods, two of them being Disney and Dream Works.
MEDIASET
Director of TV programme purchasing for Italy
CHICKEN N KITCHEN
New York
“Manager” of 5 fast food restaurants, managing a total of 85 employees. I was also in charge of purchasing supplies as well as setting menus.
I.M.G.
Mc Cormack Company – Milan
“Sales Executive”, handling advertising and sponsorship sales of sport events and sport “stars”. Member of the IMG European Sales Group, coordinating Italian companies’ investments in European sports as well as representing European advertisers in Italy. I attended the training for Trans World International at I.M.G’s London-based television division.