The NBCU and Comcast exec is tapped to succeed Christine Dorfler after her move to NBC Sports Group.
Jeffrey Stone Named CFO Of NBCU Stations
Jeffrey Stone
NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations today appointed Jeffrey Stone chief financial officer. In this role, Stone will manage the financial operations for NBCUniversal’s division that includes 42 NBC and Telemundo owned stations, a regional news network, two multicast networks, and their subsidiary businesses.
Stone joins the owned stations division from NBCUniversal’s Operations and Technology group where he served as CFO. He is replacing Christine Dorfler, who was named CFO of the NBC Sports Group in April after working as the stations group’s CFO since 2011.
Stone will report to Valari Staab, president, NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations.
“Jeff is a trusted advisor and well respected by his colleagues and peers,” Staab said. “His experiences at both NBCUniversal and Comcast will bring valuable perspective to his new role with our group. I am pleased that he’s joining our owned stations family at an inflection point of rapid and exciting changes in our industry. I look forward to working with him to strengthen our local businesses, while continuing to reinforce our position as the only TV group in the country that can keep local English and Spanish-speaking audiences informed anytime and anywhere.”
As CFO for NBCUniversal’s Operations and Technology division, Stone led the financial operations and expansion of NBCUniversal’s owned production, post-production, media operations and on-air origination teams which primarily service NBCUniversal’s television, cable and film brands. In this role, Stone also supported NBCUniversal’s engineering, information technology, global security and global real estate groups.
BRAND CONNECTIONS
Prior to his success at NBCU, Stone worked at Comcast Corp. for 10 years and held roles with increasing responsibilities at both corporate and regional business units. Before this, Stone worked at KPMG performing audits of publicly traded companies in the financial services, health care and education sectors.
Stone is a Certified Public Accountant and earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting from Drexel University.
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