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Leadership Team

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Bo Stehmeier
CEO

Bo is CEO of Off the Fence. Bo’s professional journey started in the UK with BA degrees in media production, finance and distribution, then to Rome...

Bo is CEO of Off the Fence. Bo’s professional journey started in the UK with BA degrees in media production, finance and distribution, then to Rome for an MBA in film and on to London for a job in content sales for factual specialist TVF International and prolific UK producer Optomen. For the next 15 years his upward progress eventually led him to Red Arrow Studios International, where he served as president of Germany’s €500m multi-genre production and distribution giant. That kept him busy until 2020, when he was enticed to Amsterdam to head up Off the Fence (OTF) — returning to run a company at which he had worked as a MD of distribution in a previous incarnation. His love for all things visual, enchantment with the natural world and his intrigue with the Nordic mystical cultures has inspired him to write two books — Wake Up! Rise & Shine and Borealis — “to help adults reconnect with their true self and prevent little people from losing the innate knowledge we are all born with”.

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Sales Team

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Stefanie Fischer
SVP EMEA

Stefanie looks after the...

Stefanie looks after the Distribution arm of OTF and joined the company in 2019. In her role she is responsible for stitching together content investment, sales and delivery across the OTF studio business with a focus on heading the sales team, where she works closely with the team on coproduction and financing deals across the globe. She is a native German speaker, fluent in English and Dutch and has a good understanding of French and Spanish.

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Oliver Taprogge
VP Digital & Strategic Partnerships

Oliver is passionate about...

Oliver is passionate about connecting great stories with global audiences. As VP of Digital & Strategic Partnerships at Off the Fence, he leads digital sales and forges partnerships that expand the company’s reach across YouTube, FAST, AVOD, as well as emerging content platforms. With over 20 years in the entertainment industry, Oliver brings a unique 360° perspective, having worked across broadcast, platform, and digital businesses in both sales and acquisitions. He has partnered with broadcasters, streamers, and film studios worldwide and held senior roles at E! Networks, AMC International, BBC Worldwide and Unitymedia. His deep industry knowledge and forward-looking approach help ensure Off the Fence content finds the right audiences and licensees in the digital space.

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Sam Thompson
SVP North American & Global Networks

Sam looks after sales North...

Sam looks after sales North America, manages our global network partners, and handles co-production and co-financing deals worldwide. Sam has 20 years’ experience in non-scripted and factual television, specialising in financing deals for new content. He has worked with indie distributor Big Media, served as a development executive, and Producer, combining creative insight with commercial expertise to bring innovative projects from concept to market.

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Joanne Rowley
Director, UK & APC

Joanna looks after sales to the UK...

Joanna looks after sales to the UK & EIRE, Australia & New Zealand and together with Jane sales to Asia. Joanna spent 25 years with National Geographic, becoming executive director at Fox Networks Group Content Distribution, prior to its acquisition by Disney. She later joined Beyond Rights as SVP and has been freelancing as a sales consultant for the past three years, with roles at D360, Fugitive and Insight TV.

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Monica van den Bergh
Sales Director

Monica looks after sales for CEE,...

Monica looks after sales for CEE, including Baltics, Nordics, CIS, Italian-speaking territories, MENA, Footage, and Educational global. Monica is from Romanian and graduated with a Master's degree in Entrepreneurship and Management in the Creative Industries from the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Following her studies.

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Emilia Gil Villegas
Senior Sales Manager

Emilia looks after sales to the...

Emilia looks after sales to the French speaking world and together Inês LATAM & Iberia. After graduating in 2008 with a degree in Social Communication, Emilia began to work in the field of Journalism, Advertising and making some collaborations in the area of Institutional Communication, Photography and Gastronomy. She has lived in the Netherlands since 2014, and has undertaken various language courses, Photography, Yoga, Sommelier, among others. She is a native Spanish speaker, fluent in English and Italian, with a good understanding of Dutch.

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Jane Yao
Sales Executive

Jane looks after sales for Asia...

Jane looks after sales for Asia together with Joanna. She is originally from China and graduated with a B.A. degree from a university in the Netherlands. She did her internship in the USA and went back to Amsterdam in 2016. Before joining OTF, she worked at Fortissimo Films for the past five years, and she also produced several short and documentary films.

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Inês Isidro
Sales Executive

Inês looks after sales for Benelux...

Inês looks after sales for Benelux and Transportation/Inflight Global and together with Emilia LATAM and Iberia and together with Stef German speaking world. Inês previously worked at SIC International Distribution in Portugal, where she progressed from assistant to executive.

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Acquisitions & Marketing Team

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Loren Baxter
VP Acquisitions

As Head of Acquisitions, Loren is...

As Head of Acquisitions, Loren is responsible for the overall acquisitions strategy and day to day management of Off the Fence's distribution pipeline. Loren joined Off the Fence in 2015 and has over 15 years experience in television distribution. Alongside her colleagues in the Acquisitions team, Loren works closely with producers at each production milestone, from early development through to finished programmes, in order to identify the best content for Off the Fence and maximise the programmes saleability in the international market. Before joining Off the Fence, Loren worked as a sales executive at Indigo Film and Television selling content across multiple genres to broadcasters around the world.

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Isobel Kinnear
Acquisitions Manager

Isobel joined Off the Fence’s...

Isobel joined Off the Fence’s London office in 2021, and sources a wide range of factual content including co-productions, pre-sale and finished program together with Loren. Isobel graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design at Nottingham Trent University before becoming a Development Researcher for factual and factual entertainment content until moving to Munich, Germany to work in Acquisitions at Red Arrow Studios International.

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Jennifer Kemp
Distribution Executive

Jennifer is the Distribution...

Jennifer is the Distribution Executive at OTF, working across sales, acquisitions, and marketing operations. She brings over 20 years of experience supporting senior executives, managing office operations, and coordinating marketing activities in international environments. Jennifer joined OTF in 2008 in Amsterdam and after eight years in the Netherlands, returned to the UK. She is now based in London.

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Cheryl Clarke
PR - Mushroom Media

Cheryl is one of the founding...

Cheryl is one of the founding directors of Mushroom Media, a specialist media public relations and sustainability consultancy established in 1999. A fluent Spanish speaker, Cheryl started her career in media in the early 1990s, working for the UK magazine heavyweight Dennis Publishing. She then moved on to Emap Media, where she worked on UK TV-industry bible Broadcast and its sister international title TV World, managing clients in both the domestic and international marketplace. Over the past 15 years, Cheryl has developed a keen interest in TV and media sustainability and has steered the consultancy to advise on a range of resources that allow companies to assess and improve both their social and environmental impacts. Cheryl is currently studying for a sustainable leadership masters at the University of Cumbria and is the president of The David Lyle Foundation.

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Media Services Team

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Edward Simao
Media Manager

Edward works in operations and...

Edward works in operations and provides technical support for North America and Canada (English speaking), Benelux, Asia, Portugal, Spain, Latin America and the Middle East. Edward joined Off The Fence mid-2017 as an intern in the Operation department. Edward grew up in Portugal before moving to the U.K to complete his Bachelor's in Television and Video Production.

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Alex Powell
Media Specialist

Alex joined Media Services in May...

Alex joined Media Services in May 2021. He is responsible for ensuring content acquired by Off The Fence meets the technical standards required to sell to our customers around the globe. He brings with him post-production experience from working for high-end facilities in both London & Amsterdam. Alex is British and moved to the Netherlands in 2000. Before joining OTF Alex worked for companies that included Molinaire (London) and Liberty Global & AMC Networks International (Amsterdam).

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