Italy’s Garbo Produzioni brings in Stefano Torrisi to head Garbo Stories

Italian prodco Garbo Produzioni has appointed former Endemol Shine and Banijay executive Stefano Torrisi as CEO of the company and MD of its new Spanish fiction division Garbo Stories.

Stefano Torrisi

Torrisi was exec VP of Banijay Italy and Banijay Group Spain until last year, before which he was commercial director of Endemol Shine Italy from 2014 to 2017.

Maite Bulgari, chairwoman and founder of Garbo Produzioni, said: “With the arrival of Stefano Torrisi, we want to continue to innovate in the audiovisual sector with high-quality content and international planning.

“Stefano is a perfect leader to deal with two strategic markets for our company – Italy and Spain – anticipating new market trends and creating increasingly productive and constructive alliances that allow us to position ourselves in new and ambitious areas.”