Deadline: Disney Entertainment Television Promotes 3 Key Finance Executives

Story from Deadline:

Disney Entertainment Television has promoted three of its top finance executives to new roles. Karen Sack has been elevated to EVP, Finance, Disney Entertainment Television; Peggy Ting to SVP Finance and Business Planning, Disney Television Studios; and Amit Ziv to SVP Finance and Business Planning for ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations and Freeform.

In her expanded role, Sack will be instrumental in setting business strategy and ensuring delivery of profitability targets for the TV business by leading P&L forecasts and short- and long-term financial planning. She will oversee all finance matters, including budget management and analysis.

Sack had previously been the head of Finance at FX since 2009. Prior to that, she worked at Fox Filmed Entertainment in various finance roles, including International Home Entertainment, Operations Strategy, and at the film production and distribution label Fox Atomic.

As head of Finance for Disney Television Studios, Ting reports to Sack and oversees financial planning and analysis across ABC Signature, 20th Television and 20th Television Animation, as well as Production and Development Finance for those studios plus FX Productions. She is also responsible for setting strategy and overseeing day-to-day operations of the production finance department.

Previously, Ting was vice president, Finance and Business Planning, at Disney Television Studios. She also served as an executive director of Business Development at Fox21 Television Studios.

As head of Finance for ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations and Freeform, Ziv reports to Sack and oversees the finance and business planning for these brands. He also serves as a business partner to Disney Entertainment Television network leaders for these brands, helping set the business agenda and ensuring delivery of profitability targets. Ziv dual reports to Debra OConnell, president, Television Networks and TV Business Operations, for whom he leads strategy for the company’s domestic linear portfolio of entertainment networks and stations.

Prior to his role at Disney, Ziv served as senior vice president of Business Operations, Development and Strategy, MGM+ (formerly EPIX). He also spent time as a management consultant at Ernst & Young, advising media and entertainment clients on digital transformation.