Vice has overhauled its Studios division in the UK which has seen managing director Kevin Sutcliffe depart, not to be replaced.

Sutcliffe joined Vice in 2013 from Channel 4, where he was deputy head of news and current affairs, taking on the managing director role for Studios last August.

According to Variety - which broke the news - with his exit the role will not be replaced. Instead, the former general manager for Viceland, CJ Fahey, has been promoted to general manager for Vice TV and Studios across EMEA which will see him take on responsibility for Vice’s TV and Studios output.

Fahey was most recently responsible for negotiating the landmark deal to bring 900 hours of Vice content to Channel 4’s digital platform, All 4.

In addition to Sutcliffe’s exit and Fahey’s promotion, Yonni Usiskin has also been given the creative director role at Vice Studios in the UK.

The overhaul of the Studios team is part of a wider attempt from Vice bosses to unite the UK Studios and TV business (Viceland) units under one leadership team.

It follows several rounds of redundancies across the global business, which has seen Vice lose approximately 2% of its 3,000 US employees and 4% of Vice’s 400-strong EMEA workforce.

It has also made a number of crucial high-profile hires in the last six-months, including Nancy Dubuc as CEO and former Havas executive Dominique Delport as chief revenue officer.

Elsewhere, the BBC’s Tamara Howe was also appointed to the newly created role chief content officer for EMEA earlier this year.