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PEOPLE www.postmagazine.com 28 POST JULY/AUG 2026 SRIKANTH SWAMINATHAN Bot VFX, which has locations in Atlanta and Chennai, India, has appointed Srikanth Swaminathan chief ex- ecutive officer. He brings over 27 years of experience leading large-scale business transformation efforts. Most recently, he served as managing director and global delivery head for the consumer unit at Brillio, a leading IT services company. There, he oversaw complex technology programs, which included incorporating AI-enabled work- flows across the retail, CPG, utilities, logistics and media sectors. Prior to Brillio, Swaminathan served as managing director at Investis Digital (now IDX Inc.), where he managed and scaled the company's India operations. STEPHEN DUNNE Cut+Run in Los Angeles has added editor Stephen Dunne to its roster. His career spans high-end com- mercial campaigns, films, television and music videos. Dunne edited the short film An Irish Goodbye, which won Best Live Action Short at both the BAFTAs and Academy Awards. He also cut the feature film Last Swim, which won the Crystal Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Other accolades include three AICP wins, including Best in Show for the BBC's "Trust is Earned" campaign, three Creative Circle Awards, several British Arrows, D&AD Black Pencils, Shots and Kinsale Shark awards. His automotive work alone includes projects for Dodge, Hyundai, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Ford and Rolls-Royce. JACKIE JONES In Los Angeles, Formosa Group, the sound division of Streamland Media, has appointed Jackie Jones president. She brings more than 20 years of post experience to the role, including more than a decade of leadership at Formosa Group. A UK native, Jones came to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. She began in picture post, but soon discovered a love for post sound. Her career includes key roles at Todd-AO, Ascent Media and Technicolor. During her time at Formosa Group she held senior leadership roles, most recently serving as senior vice president. She grew Formosa Group's broadcast division from the ground up, turning it into an award-winning episodic sound facility. ÉLODIE ICHTER Harbor in New York City has entered into a creative partnership with senior colorist Élodie Ichter, marking a return to the studio where she built key creative relationships earlier in her career. Ichter's credits include work on the Oscar-winning film Nomadland, as well as on Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the HPA-nominated FX series Shōgun, Ben Affleck's Air and Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Her career began at Éclair in Paris before moving to Deluxe London, Efilm, Harbor, Picture Shop, The Mill and Light Iron. Under the partnership, Ichter will work from Harbor's New York facility as senior colorist across entertainment and advertising. ZALDY LOPEZ Trim Editing in Los Angeles has signed Zaldy Lopez to its editorial roster. He brings over a decade of experience cutting commercials, comedy and music videos. Lopez has been making films since his father brought home a Panasonic MiniDV camcorder when he was in seventh grade. He later found a home in editing and has been a reoccurring collaborator with directors David Helman, Warren Fu, John Hillcoat and AG Rojas, frequently joining them for musical projects. Lopez's work with Spencer Creigh on the Merck Reversal PSA won him a Gold Clio for editing. Other commercial projects include Uber Eats x NFL, Mountain Dew, Comcast, AT&T, Samsung, Netflix, Blue Shield and the ADC Award-winning "Suerte" campaign for Apple. KATE BERRY MakeMake, the unified creative studio in Los Angeles, has promoted Kate Berry to managing director of the newly-structured narrative design department. MakeMake's narrative design & world building de- partment consists of animation, design, short-form, production, VFX, emerging technology and color. Since joining the studio in 2017, Berry has played an integral role in helping MakeMake's creative teams bring projects to life. She was the EP behind the Emmy-winning title sequences for Shogun and The Last of Us, to name a few. RANÁ MARTIN Parallax recently named Raná Martin managing director/executive producer. She will oversee op- erations across the company's New York and Los Angeles offices, and brings more than two decades of commercial post leadership and talent development experience to the role. Parallax is an editorial house known for its work on the Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once and Beyoncé's Lemonade. Martin began her career at Lost Planet Editorial before holding ex- ecutive leadership roles at Final Cut NY, Cut+Run NY, Rock Paper Scissors LA (now MakeMake), PS260 Boston and LA, and most recently, The Den Editorial. Throughout her career, she has worked with brands that include Apple, Amazon, Google, HBO, Meta, Netflix, Nike, Samsung and Toyota, as well as on music videos for Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, David Bowie and Prince. SARA BENNETT Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Sara Bennett has joined forces with London's Untold Studios as part of the company's expanding film & episodic team. Bennett comes to the studio from Milk, the London VFX facility she co-founded in 2013. There, she built an award-winning body of work across feature film and high-end television projects. She made history in 2016 when she became only the second woman to win the Academy Award for Visual Effects, taking home the Oscar for contributions to Ex Machina. 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