Producing over 70 originals during his tenure, Keelan built the EMEA programming team as Disney+ expanded internationally.
Liam Keelan, senior VP of original content at Disney EMEA, has announced his exit from the company on LinkedIn. The post reads:
“Announced today that after five years I’ve taken the difficult decision to leave Disney and move on to pastures new.
“It’s been an amazing time – truly one of the best jobs I’ve had – and I’m very thankful to have been at Disney+ from the very beginning and to have helped launch so many great shows across our EMEA markets, with many more to come.
“A special thank-you to all my Disney EMEA colleagues for their support, humour and unbridled creativity. I’ll be cheering them from the sidelines for a long time to come.”
London-based began his TV career in 2002 as head of scheduling and planning for BBC One and BBC Two. In 2006, he became controller of daytime at ITV, before returning to the BBC in 2008. He was controller of BBC Daytime until 2013 when he became portfolio director until joining Disney.
While at Disney, Keelan built the EMEA programming team as Disney+ expanded internationally. Seventy originals have been produced under his tenure.
