Reading : Dev Ghose Appointed Chief Financial Officer of Reading International, Inc.
April 21, 2015 at 02:05 pm
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Reading International, Inc. (NASDAQ:RDI) announced today the appointment
of Devasis (“Dev”) Ghose as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer,
effective May 11, 2015. In this position, Mr. Ghose will oversee all
finance and technology affairs of the Company.
Mr. Ghose served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
and in a number of senior finance roles for 25 years with three
NYSE-listed companies: Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc. (an international
company focused on the acquisition, development and operation of
self-storage centers in the US and Europe; now part of Public Storage),
Skilled Healthcare Group (a health services company, now part of Genesis
HealthCare) and HCP, Inc. (which invests primarily in real estate
serving the healthcare industry), and as Managing Director-International
for Green Street Advisors (an independent research and trading firm
concentrating on publicly traded real estate corporate securities in the
US & Europe). Earlier, Mr. Ghose worked for 10 years for
PricewaterhouseCoopers in the US & KPMG in the UK. He qualified as a
Certified Public Accountant in the US and a Chartered Accountant in the
UK; he has an Honors Degree in Physics from the University of Delhi,
India, and an Executive MBA from UCLA.
We are very pleased that Mr. Ghose is joining our senior management
team. He brings considerable exposure to executive-level management of
public and international companies, and we look forward to the
experience and knowledge he will contribute to our Company.
Mr. Ghose will be assuming the role previously held by Andrzej
Matyczynski, who will be continuing as a corporate advisor to our
Company and then retiring in April 2016. We are grateful for his more
than sixteen years of service to our Company.
About Reading International, Inc.
Reading International (http://www.readingrdi.com)
is in the business of owning and operating cinemas and developing,
owning and operating real estate assets. Our business consists primarily
of:
the development, ownership and operation of multiplex cinemas in the
United States, Australia and New Zealand; and
the development, ownership, and operation of retail and commercial
real estate in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States,
including entertainment-themed retail centers (“ETRC”) in Australia
and New Zealand and live theater assets in Manhattan and Chicago in
the United States.
Reading manages its worldwide cinema business under various different
brands:
in the United States, under the
Reading brand (http://www.readingcinemasus.com),
Angelika Film Center brand (http://www.angelikafilmcenter.com),
Reading International, Inc. is an entertainment and real estate company. The Company is engaged in the development, ownership, and operation of cinemas and retail and commercial real estate in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. The Companyâs segments are Theatrical Motion Picture Exhibition (Cinema Exhibition), and Real Estate. The Cinema Exhibition segment is engaged in cinema experiences for its guests through hospitality-styled comfort and service, state-of-the-art cinematic presentation, designed venues, curated film, and event programming, and crafted food and beverage options. The Companyâs Real Estate segment is engaged in the real estate business through the development and its ownership and rental or licensing to third parties of retail, commercial, and live theatre assets. Its commercial brands include Reading Cinemas, Consolidated Theatres, Angelika Film Center, State Cinema, Angelika Anywhere, 44 Union Square, Newmarket Village, and Cannon Park.
READING INTERNATIONAL, INC. 
