The Walt Disney Company Appoints Geoff Morrell as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
December 07, 2021 at 04:00 pm
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The Walt Disney Company announced that it has named Geoff Morrell to the newly created position of Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, with oversight of the entertainment companys Corporate Communications, Global Public Policy, Government Relations, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) teams, it was announced by Bob Chapek, the companys Chief Executive Officer. Morrell will assume his new role on January 24, 2022 and report directly to Chapek. Under the new leadership structure, the companys head of Corporate Social Responsibility will report to both Morrell and Chapek. A new head of Corporate Communications will be named following Morrells arrival. Morrell assumed his new role at bp in 2020, overseeing the companys global communications, government relations and advocacy, and prior to that he was bps Group Head of Communications & External Affairs from 2017. Morrell joined bp in 2011 as Vice President, U.S. Communications and in 2013 became Senior Vice President, U.S. Communications & External Affairs. From 2007 to 2011, Morrell served as Pentagon Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, serving as the chief spokesman for Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the U.S. military. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and continued to serve under President Barack Obama. Before entering public service, Morrell was a White House correspondent for ABC News from 2004 to 2007.
The Walt Disney Company is a media and entertainment group. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by activity as follows:
- operation of theme parks and hotel resorts (33.9%): operation, as of 01/10/2022, of 10 theme parks (35 hotels) located in the United States (Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort and Aulani; 6 theme parks and 23 hotels), France (Disneyland Paris; 2 theme parks and 7 hotels), Japan (Tokyo Disney Resort; 2 theme parks and 5 hotels), Hong Kong (Hong Kong Disneyland; 1 theme park and 3 hotels) and China (Shanghai Disney Resort; 1 theme park and 2 hotels). The group is also involved in cruise sales (Disney Cruise Line), travel organization (Disney Vacation Club and Adventures By Disney), design and development of parks and other real estate properties, and sale of consumer products (children's books, toys, game software, films, etc.);
- operation of TV and radio channels (33.4%): domestic channels (Disney Channels, ESPN, ESPN Radio, Freeform, FX Channels and National Geographic Channels) and international channels (Disney, ESPN, Fox, National Geographic and Star). The group is also developing film post-production and website operation businesses;
- video streaming (23.1%);
- audiovisual content production and distribution (9.6%): TV programs, animated films, TV series, music, live entertainment, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Americas (81.5%), Europe (10.4%) and Asia/Pacific (8.1%).