THE TEAM, Formerly Wasserman, Names Its First Public Board

Talent agency THE TEAM, formerly known as Wasserman, has announced a new board of directors. The announcement came on 10 November, and it is the first time the agency has had a public-facing board, according to Billboard.

A talent agency represents performers and negotiates their deals for film, television, music and brand work. THE TEAM's music roster includes Chappell Roan, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, SZA, Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, The Creator.

The new board follows a change of ownership. Founder and former chief executive Casey Wasserman sold the company to Providence Equity Partners, a private equity firm that buys and runs businesses, in July. The sale followed public criticism after his name surfaced in the Epstein Files. The deal was finalised in October.

The board brings together the agency's own leaders and people from the new owner. Michael Watts, the chief executive, sits on it, along with Elizabeth Lindsey (global president, brands and properties), Jason Ranne (president, global talent representation), Kevin Shivers (co-president, music), Matthew Vandrau (president, EMEA and APAC) and Elena Rochelli (chief financial officer). Jon Liebman, chairman and chief executive of Brillstein Entertainment Partners, is also a member.

Providence Equity Partners has four representatives on the board. They are Davis Noell (senior managing director and co-head of North America), Greg Brown (operating partner), Scott Marimow (managing director) and Ahana Maken (senior vice president).

A board of directors is the group that oversees a company's direction and its biggest decisions. For the agency's clients, the people in those seats now sit at the top of a business with a new owner. Its music, film and television clients will carry on working with the same agency, now under a leadership group that includes both its own executives and Providence's representatives.