Mercury Filmworks, an independent animation studio based in Ottawa, Canada, has appointed Julie Pandeya to the newly-created dual role of chief finance officer and chief operating officer. The announcement was made by Mercury Filmworks’ founder and CEO Clint Elan, to whom she reports.
A proven leader guiding financial and operational excellence for over 20 years, including accounting, M&A, integrations, sales, and services operations, Pandeya will oversee Mercury Filmworks finance, business and legal, studio operations, talent management and production operations, working in concert with the leaders of each of these divisions. The original IP production business, headed by chief content officer Heath Kenny, will continue to report to Eland.
“Mercury Filmworks has been in an expansive and transformational period over the past two years, and we will be heading into 2023 and beyond with a full slate of television and film projects in development and production. With Julie on board to continue strengthening and refining operations, it will allow me to concentrate on our overall global strategy, which includes long-term goals, partner relationships, and leveraging our strengths to realize our mission of being as renowned for our creativity and storytelling skill as we are for the quality of our animation,” stated Eland.
“It is an extremely exciting time of evolution and growth at Mercury Filmworks, and I look forward to working with Eland to execute on his visions for the studio and to work with the division heads to continue the momentum of providing world class animation production services to our partners, as well as creating our own unique original IP,” stated Pandeya.
Pandeya joins Mercury Filmworks from Canada’s SHOEBOX Ltd. where she served as CFO and COO leading change to drive profitability. Prior to SHOEBOX, she held executive and senior positions at IBM for 13 years, most recently as their Global GBS Transformation Leader. In this role, she provided thought leadership and expertise in IBM Services Quote to Cash transformation journey. Julie also served for seven years at Cognos as director of financial planning and analysis. She began her career at Ernst & Young in accounting and tax. Julie received a Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting from Carleton University.