Comcast Names Armstrong Treasurer; Robson Named Sky CFO
June 02 2020 - 10:52AM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
Comcast Corp. on Tuesday said it named Jason Armstrong executive
vice president and treasurer after the coronavirus pandemic upended
plans to have him serve as chief financial officer of its U.K.
pay-TV unit Sky.
Mr. Armstrong had been senior vice president of investor
relations and finance at Comcast for six years before being named
chief financial officer of Sky earlier this year.
However, Comcast said the onset of the pandemic disrupted Mr.
Armstrong's plans to move his family to the U.K., and that he will
instead return to its corporate headquarters in Philadelphia
effective July 1 to succeed Bill Dordelman, who is retirng as
treasurer after almost 30 years with the cable giant.
Comcast said Simon Robson, who has spent 23 years at Sky, most
recently as deputy chief financial officer, will succeed Mr.
Armstrong as financial chief.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 02, 2020 10:37 ET (14:37 GMT)
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