MUMBAI: Jonathan S. Headley has been named senior vice president and treasurer of The Walt Disney Company.

The Walt Disney Company senior executive vice president and CFO Christine M. McCarthy said, “During his 11-year tenure as assistant treasurer, Jon has shown himself to be a highly effective financial executive, and his proven expertise, leadership skills and strategic acumen make him the right choice for this role.”

Headley will report directly to McCarthy, who had previously served as treasurer before becoming CFO earlier this summer.

In his new role, Headley will be responsible for the management and oversight of the company’s global treasury functions including corporate finance,  liquidity management, capital markets and banking activities, financial risk management, enterprise project and structured finance, pension and investments, decision support, enterprise consumer payments and global cash management.

“I am honored to assume this new role and to lead the great team that Christine has managed so effectively over the years. This is an exciting time of unprecedented growth at The Walt Disney Company and I am grateful to be able to leverage my experience into this new role and help shape the future of the organization,” Headley said.

Headley most recently served as senior vice president, corporate finance and assistant treasurer, wherein he led and managed corporate finance, decision support, treasury control & compliance, real estate strategy and asset management. He joined the corporate finance team in 1996 as a senior analyst, and went on to assume roles of increasing responsibility within the department. He served as treasurer of Hong Kong Disneyland during the park’s development, and was named assistant treasurer of The Walt Disney Company in 2004.

Prior to joining Disney, Headley was an analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co. and a research associate at Harvard University.