MUMBAI: MGM has named Dene B. Stratton as its chief financial officer according to the studio‘s co-chairmen and CEOs Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum. Stratton, who spent nearly two decades at the Walt Disney Co., was the CFO of the Internet start-up TRC Media Limited.

In his tenure at Disney, he rose to the position of CFO, Jetix Europe. He also held such positions as senior vp, planning and control for ABC; senior vp and general manager for DIC Entertainment; senior vp, business development for Walt Disney Television International in Asia Pacific; and vp, finance, European controller, Walt Disney Studios Europe.

Before joining Disney in 1990, Stratton was as business unit controller for Calcomp.

"Dene has the solid foundation and the precise experience we were hoping to find in our new CFO. We are enthused by what we know he will bring to the table and look forward to a prosperous future together," Barber and Birnbaum said.