Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Information About Our Executive Officers
The executive officers of the Company are elected each year at the organizational meeting of the Board of Directors, which follows the annual meeting of the shareholders, and at other Board of Directors meetings, as appropriate. Each of the executive officers has been employed by the Company in the position or positions indicated in the list and pertinent notes below.
As of November 20, 2022, the following individuals have served as executive officers since the beginning of our last fiscal year:
| Name | Age | Title | Executive Officer Since | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert A. Iger | 71 | Chief Executive Officer(1) | 11/20/2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert A. Chapek | 63 | Chief Executive Officer(2) | 2020 - 11/20/2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Christine M. McCarthy | 67 | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer(3) | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
| Horacio E. Gutierrez | 57 | Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel(4) | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul J. Richardson | 57 | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer(5) | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kristina K. Schake | 52 | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer(6) | 2022 |
(1)Mr. Iger was appointed Chief Executive Officer effective November 20, 2022. He previously served as Executive Chairman of the Company from February 2020 through December 2021 and as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from September 2005 to February 2020.
(2)Mr. Chapek was appointed Chief Executive Officer effective February 24, 2020 and served as Chief Executive Officer until November 20, 2022. He served as Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products since the segment’s creation in 2018, and prior to that was the Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts from 2015.
(3)Ms. McCarthy was appointed Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective June 30, 2015. She was previously Executive Vice President, Corporate Real Estate, Alliances and Treasurer of the Company from 2000 to 2015.
(4)Mr. Gutierrez was appointed Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel effective February 1, 2022. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Head of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer for Spotify Technology S.A. (Spotify) from November 2019 to January 2022, where he led a global, multi-disciplinary team of business, corporate communications and public affairs, government relations, licensing, operations and legal professionals responsible for the company’s work in areas including industry relations, content partnerships, public policy, and trust & safety. He was previously Spotify’s General Counsel - Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs from April 2016 to November 2019.
(5)Mr. Richardson was appointed Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer effective July 1, 2021. He was previously Senior Vice President of Human Resources at ESPN from 2007.
(6)Ms. Schake was appointed Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer effective June 29, 2022. Previously, she served as Executive Vice President, Global Communications from April 2022. Prior to joining the Company, she was appointed by the President of the United States as Counselor for Strategic Communications to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, leading a nationwide public education campaign from March 2021 to December 2021. Prior to that, she served as Global Communications Director for Instagram, a subsidiary of Meta Platforms, Inc., from March 2017 to March 2019, where she oversaw the communications teams in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.
PART II
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