About Menaka Evans
Menaka Evans, Chief Financial Officer at ITV America and ITV Studios America, joined the company in 2023 to oversee all financial planning, accounting and business operations for ITV Studios America and its labels (Bedrock Entertainment, Circle of Confusion Television Studios, Tomorrow Studios and Work Friends), as well as ITV America and its labels (ITV Entertainment, Leftfield Pictures, High Noon Entertainment, Sirens Media, Thinkfactory Media and Good Caper Content).
Menaka has extensive entertainment industry finance experience, with a specialty in television production finance and operations. Before joining ITV, she was head of finance and business planning at ABC Signature, where she led all business planning, forecasting, and reporting efforts. She previously was SVP of finance at All3Media, where she opened their U.S.-based office and partnered with her UK counterparts in finance, business affairs and production to facilitate the production of series in the U.S. Similarly, she was SVP of finance at Shine America (which became EndemolShine North America, acquired by Banijay in 2019) and oversaw financial support for domestic production and international distribution across its slate of scripted and unscripted content. Earlier in her career, she spent 10 years at The Walt Disney Company in International Home Entertainment, Corporate Controllership and ABC Studios (fka Touchstone Television).
Menaka earned her CA (Chartered Accountant) designation in Canada and started her career at PwC in Toronto. She currently resides in Redondo Beach, CA with her husband.