Hoyts Corporation has appointed Matthew Liebmann to the role of Commercial and New Business Director, it was announced today.
Most recently, Liebmann has been the General Manager of Skycity Cinemas in New Zealand since 2006 and previously spent six years in a variety of roles in cinema exhibition for Village Roadshow. Liebmann also spent six years as a Director in the Entertainment & Media practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Sydney, where he was a specialist entertainment and media consultant and founding author and editor of The Australian Entertainment and Media Outlook.
‘We’re incredibly pleased to welcome Matthew to Hoyts’ said Delfin Fernandez, Group Chief Executive Officer, Hoyts Corporation. ‘Matthew brings 14 years’ experience in the entertainment and media sector,
including eight years in cinema exhibition. As such, Matthew brings a deep knowledge of cinema, as well as a thorough understanding of the competing and complementary ways in which people spend their entertainment and leisure time and money.’
As Hoyts’ Commercial and New Business Director, Liebmann will be responsible for sales, alternate cinema uses, loyalty and expansion opportunities into new businesses and geographies.
Matthew will commence as Hoyts’ Commercial and New Business Director once he has served out his notice period with Skycity.
[release from Nixco]