
The former CFO of the Associated Builders and Contractors is tapped to succeed Trish Johnson.

ViacomCBS said today Amazon finance executive Naveen Chopra would replace Christina Spade as its chief financial officer, effective Aug. 10. Spade, who held the position since December, will move into an advisory role after the company’s second quarter earnings results, the media company said.

The NBCU and Comcast exec is tapped to succeed Christine Dorfler after her move to NBC Sports Group.
Anand Kini, the company’s interim chief financial officer since February, gets the job fulltime. He also continues to lead the data-driven consumer and business insights division and the Information Technology group.
Learning Lessons From A ‘CFO Of The Future’
Among the Media Financial Management Association’s picks of executives to watch, Bonten Media’s CFO William “Scott” Moody demonstrates a capacity for identifying the issues executives will need to address at stations and companies to ensure their success in the coming year. Chief among them is understanding and nurturing the linkage between operations and finance.