Janet Han Vissering, Senior Vice President, Strategic Development and Co-Finance, National Geographic Channels International (USA)
As Senior Vice President of Strategic Development and Co-Finance, Janet Han Vissering manages co-finance and strategic alliances with domestic and international broadcast and production partners. She sources and develops global programming, including the negotiation of output deals. Vissering also develops alternative funding sources including non-profit organizations, private organizations and state-funded associations. Prior to acquiring her current position, Vissering served as Vice President of International Acquisitions at NGCI from August 1998 to March 2000.
Vissering joined NGCI from Discovery Networks International, where she was Head of Program Acquisitions and Development from 1995 to 1998. In this post, she was responsible for managing the acquisition and development of over 2,500 program hours annually. She was also in charge of overseeing co-production agreements at Discovery, working closely with independent producers and companies in both the domestic and international markets. Vissering joined Discovery Communications, Inc. as a Regional Marketing Manager for The Learning Channel, Affiliate Sales and Relations in March 1993. Prior to this, she was a public affairs specialist for the Department of the Navy, based in Sasebo, Japan.
A graduate of the University of Maryland in College Park, with a major in International Relations/Business, Vissering is a native of Korea and speaks Korean fluently.
