Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill‘s production company Crooked Highway has hired Vince Cheng as President of Production and Adriana Fernandez as Director of Development, Deadline has learned.

The Mediapro Studio, which is behind series such as HBO’s The Young Pope and The New Pope, has bolstered its nascent English-language team with two new executive hires. The company has hired Erika Kennair and Pam Healey to oversee scripted and unscripted content, based out of LA.

Former CBS Drama Series Development VP Adriana Martínez Barrón is joining Abrams’ Sage Works as the Head of Film and Television.

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Carolina Groppa has joined Issa Rae‘s ColorCreative Management and Hoorae Media in the new position of Executive in Charge of Production. She will report to ColorCreative president Talitha Watkins.

An 80-strong Latina Squad and more top executives discuss challenges with representation, how they use their power to greenlight authentic projects, and their hopes for the next group of leaders coming up behind them.