Burbank, Ca., USA - July 1, 2015, Burbank, Ca., USA - Christine M. McCarthy has been named senior EVP and CFO and Kevin Mayer has been named senior EVP and chief strategy officer of The Walt Disney Company.
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Ms. McCarthy has served as Disney’s representative on the board of FM Global since 2010. She has been named multiple times to Treasury & Risk magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in Finance,†and in June, 2015 she was named Treasury Today magazine’sWoman of the Year, one of the profession’s most highly regarded benchmarks.
Prior to joining Disney, Ms. McCarthy was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Imperial Bancorp from 1997 to 2000. She held various finance and planning positions at First Interstate Bancorp from 1981 to 1996, and was elected Executive Vice President in Finance for First Interstate in 1993.
Ms. McCarthy completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences at Smith College, where she received an award for excellence in botany, and later earned an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the Anderson School at UCLA.
Mr. Mayer has served since 2005 as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development. Mr. Mayer rejoined Disney from L.E.K. Consulting LLC, where he was a partner and head of the Global Media and Entertainment practice.
Prior to L.E.K., Mr. Mayer held leading positions at interactive and Internet businesses, including chairman and CEO of Clear Channel Interactive, where he managed all aspects of new media business, including content, sales, business and technology development, and distribution.
Mr. Mayer first joined Disney in 1993 as Manager, Strategic Planning, where he spearheaded strategy and business development for all of Disney's interactive/Internet and television businesses worldwide.
Later, he became Executive Vice President of the Internet group, responsible for the operations, business plans, creative direction and distribution of Disney's popular Web sites, including ESPN.com and ABCNews.com. ■