42, a management and production company based in Los Angeles and London, has appointed former Netflix executive Ben Cavey as its head of comedy and entertainment.

The newly created role, which will be based in L.A., will see Cavey (pictured) spearhead 42’s expansion into these genres. While Cavey’s background is primarily in scripted comedy, his work at 42 will include producing projects and managing talent for both scripted and unscripted TV and film. He will also focus on developing projects under 42’s existing production venture with 3 Arts Entertainment and Lionsgate Television, which includes a first-look deal with Lionsgate TV for the U.S. market.

Joining 42 after recently completing executive production on season four of Bad Education (a scripted comedy series he co-created with Jack Whitehall for the BBC), Cavey previously worked as director of original comedy programming at Netflix. At the streamer, he was responsible for comedy formats like I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson and Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up, and also oversaw UK stand-up specials from comedians like Ricky Gervais and Mo Gilligan.

Prior to Netflix, Cavey spent 13 years at Tiger Aspect Productions, most recently as its managing director in the UK. His credits at Tiger Aspect include several comedy series, as well as the travel doc-comedy series Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father, which was produced for Netflix.