The Walt Disney Company has appointed Tony Chambers to run its EMEA business as part of restructure of its entertainment operations in the region.
Chambers has been named president of The Walt Disney Company, EMEA, and will report to Disney Entertainment Co-Chairmen Alan Bergman and Dana Walden and ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro.
Chambers has 30 years’ experience with The Walt Disney Company, most recently, as Head of Theatrical Distribution.
Current EMEA President Jan Koeppen is stepping down in February as part of the restructure. Koeppen was appointed President of The Walt Disney Company EMEA in 2019.
In the new structure, several of the company’s lines of business in the region, including direct-to-consumer, ad sales, platform distribution, networks, studio marketing, theatrical distribution and sports will now report directly in to the global business leaders of those businesses, who will have P&L oversight for their respective regional businesses in EMEA.
As EMEA president, Chambers will continue to be the company’s representative in the region and be responsible for consolidating strategic priorities and financials and coordinating teams at the regional level, leading local initiatives that span across businesses, and overseeing shared service functions including human resources, communications, and finance.
Alan Bergman and Dana Walden, Co-Chairmen, Disney Entertainment, and Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman, ESPN, said: “Tony Chambers is a seasoned senior executive who has a highly collaborative style and stellar reputation in EMEA and across the company, and he brings a wealth of experience to this important new role. We look forward to continuing to accelerate our growth in EMEA and around the world, and we are immensely grateful for Jan’s exceptional contributions, which have made a meaningful and enduring difference to this team and the company during his tenure.”
“I’m truly honoured to be leading the world-class EMEA team in this new capacity,” Chambers commented. “It’s a dynamic region that has gone through incredible, positive change over the past several years and I’m very eager now to build on that momentum.”
Koeppen noted: “I’m grateful for the incredible six years I have had at Disney, working with some of the most talented and creative people in the industry through a period of profound transformation and growth as we launched and established Disney+ in the region. I leave with a full heart and with great pride in the exceptional Disney EMEA team.”
With Chambers taking on this new role, a new global head of Theatrical Distribution will be named in the near future.
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