Sk Global said Thursday it has hired veteran executive Charlie Corwin as co-ceo, to serve alongside alongside current CEO and president John Penotti. It’s a move aimed at bolstering the TV auspices of the indie financier and producer, which has been looking to expand its worldwide production output in both film and TV in the wake of their success with global hits like Crazy Rich Asians.

Corwin was most recently CEO of Imagine Entertainment, a role he held for about a year before exiting the job at the end of 2017. That position had been carved out for him when Imagine hired Corwin from Endemol Shine North America, where he had been co-ceo. Endemol had acquired Original Media, the TV production company that Corwin co-founded.

“John Penotti has successfully shepherded our core film business strategies in both the theatrical and global local-language arenas, most recently with Hell or High Water,...