About HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment, owned by private equity investment group Apax Partners, is one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights-owners. HIT's portfolio includes properties, such as Barney™, Bob the Builder™, Thomas & Friends™, Pingu™, Fireman Sam™, Angelina Ballerina™ and Rainbow Magic™. HIT represents Chapman Entertainment's Fifi and the Flowertots™ and Roary the Racing Car™ in North America and Japan, as well as Wallace & Gromit™, Shaun the Sheep™, Timmy Time™ and Aardman Classics from Aardman Animations. HIT also acts as representative for The Wiggles® in the UK.
Launched in 1989, HIT's lines of business span television and video production, content distribution, publishing, consumer products licensing, live events and attractions and has operations in the UK, US, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan. HIT is a part-owner of US preschool channel, PBS KIDS Sprout℠, and international preschool channel JimJam, (outside of the US, UK and China).
For more information, visit http://www.hitentertainment.com.
Derek Irwin
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, HIT Entertainment
Derek Irwin joined HIT Entertainment in November 2010 and is responsible for all financial operations of the company including controllership, tax planning, treasury, audit, financial planning and analysis, investor relations as well as Information Technology.
Derek also sits on the board of TheStreet.com, a publicly listed company on the NASDAQ, where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Before joining HIT, Derek spent five years with The Nielsen Company, most recently as Senior Vice President of Finance for Global Media Client Services. He also served as the Vice President of Transformation and Senior Vice President of Finance for the Business Media division.
Prior to his time at Nielsen, Derek served in senior level financial positions at Ziff Davis Holdings, online job site Monster Worldwide Inc., and Major League Baseball.
Derek began his career as a Certified Public Accountant with Ernst & Young, having graduated from Lehigh University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.
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