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NIELSEN HOLDINGS Global President/COO STEVE HASKER is joining talent agency CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY (CAA) as CEO of CAA GLOBAL, the agency’s new division covering ventures outside the core talent representation business. HASKER will start at CAA in JANUARY and will oversee venture capital fund CAA VENTURES, the CAA CHINA joint venture with CMC CAPITAL PARTNERS, merchant bank EVOLUTION MEDIA, and CREATIVE LABS; he will also serve on the CAA Board of Directors.
“CAA GLOBAL is an exciting step in the continued growth and diversification of CAA,” said CAA President RICHARD LOVETT. “STEVE is a transformational and highly accomplished industry executive, and we are thrilled, after conducting an extensive search, to have found someone who also shares so profoundly our cultural priority of collaborative success. Under STEVE’s leadership, we are confident that CAA GLOBAL will capitalize on the strength of CAA’s position at the nexus of talent, content, technology, and brands across the global marketplace to accelerate growth and innovation for CAA and our clients.”
HASKER, who joined NIELSEN in 2009 from MCKINSEY & CO. and was named President/COO in DECEMBER 2015, said, “CAA is very well positioned to take advantage of massive technology disruption and changing consumer behavior. I look forward to building upon CAA’s long history of industry leadership and relentless innovation to create successful new global businesses and opportunities for its clients and the company.”
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