Chicago, Ill., USa - June 20, 2013, Chicago, Ill., USa - Tribune Company, a media company, announced the appointment of Steven Berns as its executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective before the end of July.
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Mr. Berns has been the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer at Revlon Consumer Products Corp. since April 29, 2009. Mr. Berns has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Revlon, Inc. since May 2009. He served as Treasurer at Revlon, Inc. from May 2009 to March 2010. He served as the Chief Financial Officer at TradeWeb, LLC since November 2007.
Mr. Berns served as the President and Chief Financial Officer of MDC Partners Inc., from November 7, 2005 to July, 2007. He served as an Executive Vice President of MDC Partners Inc., from September 2004 to November 7, 2005. He served as Vice President and Treasurer of The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc., from August 1999 to September 2004. Mr. Berns served as a Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Revlon Inc. from January 1996 to July 1999 and served as its Vice President.
He held a variety of positions in finance at Revlon, Inc. from April 1992 to August 1999. He was at Paramount Communications Inc. and at a predecessor public accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Berns was the Chairman, Chairman of Audit Committee and Member of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee of L Q Corporation, Inc. He served as Vice Chairman of MDC Partners Inc. from September 2004 to November 7, 2005. He has been a Director for Shutterstock Images, LLC since April 2012.
He has been a Director of LQ Corporation Inc. since October 7, 2004. He served as a Director of Costar Technologies, Inc. from July 2007 to 2008. He served as a Director of MDC Partners Inc. from November 7, 2005 to July, 2007; LivePerson Inc. from April 2002 to April 12, 2011 and Sielox Inc., from July 2007 to 2008.
Mr. Berns is a Certified Public Accountant, has an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business and a B.S from Lehigh University.
Tribune also announced that Chandler Bigelow, who has served as the company’s CFO since 2008, has been appointed to the newly-created position of Executive Vice President/Chief Business Strategies and Operations Officer. ■