MTG has appointed Peter Nørrelund as executive vice president and CEO of MTG Sport; while Gabriel Catrina becomes chief strategy officer.
Nørrelund, a former editor in chief at Danish public service broadcaster DR, joined MTG in 2003 and rose to become MTG Head of Sport in 2013. He’s responsible for MTG’s global sports organisation of over 20 people and runs programming around the MTG rights portfolio including the Olympics, UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, Danish Superliga, Formula One, the NHL and NFL.
Gabriel Catrina joined MTG in 2013 as head of group strategy, and has worked closely with the Group’s operating businesses. Gabriel was previously Head of the Media, Communications and Technology Practice for management consulting firm Booz & Company in the Nordics, where he spent 8 years advising leading companies globally on strategy, innovation and operations.
The broadcaster has also announced the departure of Joseph Hundah from his post as CEO of MTG Africa. MTG EVP Jette Nygaard-Andersen now takes on responsibility for MTG’s African operations, including free-TV channels Viasat1 Ghana and TV1 in Tanzania, as well as Modern African Productions.