James Charrington Named CEO of Marketing and Advertising Dewynters

It was announced today that James Charrington will join leading live entertainment marketing and advertising agency Dewynters as Chief Executive Officer on 11 April 2016. James will replace Bob King, outgoing CEO, who left on 1 March 2016 but will continue to work as a creative consultant to Dewynters until 31 August 2016. Anthony Pye-Jeary, co-founder of Dewynters, will stand down at the end of May 2016.

James Charrington began his career in arts marketing at Dewynters in 1989. In 2002, he started the advertising agency Koenig Englaender in Hamburg, turning the city's riverboats and harbour front yellow for The Lion King, as well as working with visitor attractions and football clubs across Germany. In 2006, he took responsibility at Stage Entertainment for commercial activity across Europe. In 2014, he set up Jampot Consulting, working with, amongst others, the National Theatre and Sonia Friedman on ticketing and marketing strategies.

James said, "I am thrilled to be coming back to the company where I started my career. Anthony, Bob and many others have built a world-class creative and strategic organisation and I'm proud to have a chance to help shape the agency into the future."

Dewynters is part of reach4entertainment enterprises plc (r4e), which also owns Spotco in New York and Newman Displays in London. David Stoller, Executive Chairman of r4e, said of James's appointment: "Robert De Wynter and Anthony Pye-Jeary were brave pioneers in the world of live entertainment marketing; we owe them and Bob King a huge debt of gratitude. I'm thrilled that James is joining Dewynters and I'm confident that he will bring further innovation and success for our clients in this fast changing world."