Los Angeles March 20 (IANS) Andy Bird Chairman of Walt Disney International is set to exit the company after 14 years. He helped in expanding the banner s India presence.
Bird will leave Disney as part of a restructuring announced last week though he will stay on through a transition period before exiting reports hollywoodreporter.com.
Last week however CEO Bob Iger unveiled a reorganisation that changes the conglomerate s segments including the creation of one that includes direct-to-consumer and international which will be run by Kevin Mayer.
The other segments are parks experiences and consumer products headed by Bob Chapek; studio entertainment still run by Alan Horn; and media networks still run by Ben Sherwood and James Pitaro.
Disney will also be inheriting a plethora of executive talent -- many in fact with lots of international experience -- when it closes its purchase of much of the assets of 21st Century Fox including Star India and its stake in European satellite TV giant Sky.
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