UK-based distributor Beyond Rights has promoted Sarah Bickley (pictured left) to head of sales, and Joanna Rowley (pictured right) will join the company as VP of sales for the UK, Nordics and Italy in May.

Bickley starts in her new position on April 1 and will replace Simona Argenti, who left in November. Having just joined the company last November as SVP of sales, Bickley’s star seems to be rising quickly there. Her focus in that initial role was on the Nordic region and Italy, as well as digital distribution, primarily for Beyond’s unscripted and kids content.

Before joining the company, Bickley was a distribution manager at UK-based Tin Roof Media, with responsibility for sales operations and securing funding for unscripted content at London-based studios Blink Films and Outline Productions.

Rowley is currently consulting with Beyond Rights on factual and scripted sales in the UK, and she will come aboard permanently on May 1. She previously worked as an executive director of content distribution at Fox Networks Group, and was also a regional sales director for National Geographic Television International.