Disney CFO McCarthy takes depart, Lansberry steps in as interim

“Though I’m leaving the CFO function, I look ahead to serving to with the transition and can all the time be rooting for the success of my prolonged Disney household,” McCarthy mentioned within the assertion.

McCarthy, 67, joined Disney in 2000 and was elevated to CFO in 2015. In that place she helped full the corporate’s $71 billion acquisition of Fox’s leisure property in addition to navigate the pandemic that shut down a lot of Disney’s enterprise globally. McCarthy pushed internally for former Disney Chief Government Officer Bob Iger to return to that job in November. She’s a board member at Procter & Gamble Co.

Within the assertion, Iger praised McCarthy’s contributions to the corporate, saying she was “a task mannequin for ladies at each stage of enterprise “not simply at Disney, however world wide.”

Lansberry can also be a Disney veteran, having labored on the firm for 3 a long time.

Disney shares fell lower than 1 per cent in after-hours buying and selling.