Sony Pictures Entertainment has promoted Andrew Gumpert to president of worldwide business affairs and operations for the Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, studio chairman Tom Rothman announced Tuesday.
Gumpert previously served in a similar capacity for Columbia Pictures. By adding the studio’s other divisions to his portfolio, Sony will consolidate its dealmaking responsibilities under Gumpert, who will report directly to Rothman.
Gumpert will work closely with Motion Picture Group president Doug Belgrad to set and implement the studio’s day-to-day business operations and business affairs strategies.
In addition to his deal-making responsibilities, Gumpert will remain directly involved with the studio’s most high-level strategic planning, including overseeing (along with the studio’s CFO, Stefan Litt) the studio’s relationships with its outside financing partners, such as Lonestar Capital and Village Roadshow.