TelevisaUnivision CFO to Retire for Health Reasons

Carlos Ferreiro is set to exit TelevisaUnivision as CFO for health reasons, the Spanish-language media giant said on Wednesday.

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Juan Pablo Newman, chief growth officer of TelevisaUnivision Mexico, has been named interim CFO, starting Sept 1, 2024. TelevisaUnivision said Ferreiro will remain with the company in an advisory role during the CFO transition.

Ferreiro joined the media company as CFO in Oct. 2021, overseeing financial affairs and the balance sheet at Spanish-language content giant. TelevisaUnivision owns the Univision broadcast network, as well as the ViX streaming platform, among other offerings.

The company was created two years ago with the merger of Univision and Mexico’s Televisa. “It has been the highlight of my career to have served as the first CFO of TelevisaUnivision as we have accomplished so much and built a world-class organization that is equipped to compete in the global media landscape,” said Ferreiro in a statement on Wednesday.

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Before joining TelevisaUnivision, Ferreiro completed a series of executive stints at Grupo Televisa for two decades.

“The leadership, expertise and commitment that Carlos demonstrated over these formative years for TelevisaUnivision have been invaluable. We are grateful to him for his many contributions that have helped propel the company to where we are today,” Wade Davis, CEO of TelevisaUnivision, added in his own statement

Most recently, Pablo Newman at TelevisaUnivision Mexico was responsible for domestic ad sales, marketing and commercial operations. Before joining TelevisaUnivision, he was CEO of Afore XXI-Banorte, a Latin America pension fund.

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