Priya Dogra, president, WarnerMedia EMEA and Asia (excluding China) has announced an addition to the company’s EMEA executive team.

Barbara Salabè, recently appointed country manager for WarnerMedia Italy, has increased and expanded her responsibilities by adding the corporate activities of Spain and Portugal to her remit.

Salabè, former president and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. Entertainment Italia, will lead all WarnerMedia commercial and marketing activities in the three territories. She will report directly to Dogra as part of her executive team.

Salabè has been part of WarnerMedia for nine years. She was previously responsible for the start-up of WarnerMedia's Turner channels in Italy.

"During her leadership of Warner Bros. Italy, Barbara, thanks to her strategic acumen and deep knowledge of the public, has created great value for the company by making it grow steadily,” says Dogra. “Her strong creative talent has also allowed her to develop and consolidate Italian film production which has seen many successes over the years. I am thrilled to be able to see Barbara at work in innovating and further reinvigorating the business and networks that she is now managing. "