STAMFORD, Conn., July 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) today announced leadership
changes to the company's Finance organization. These changes
follow the recently announced expansion of Charter
CFO Christopher Winfrey's responsibilities, effective
today.
James Nuzzo, EVP, Financial
and Business Planning will expand his areas of oversight to include
Charter's Business Intelligence and Corporate Services
Functions. Business Intelligence, led by GVP Jim Dove,
provides uniform key operating metrics and
integrated data analytics across Charter's business
units. Corporate Services, led by GVP Mike Reid, has
responsibility for Charter's real estate, corporate facilities
management, fleet and travel functions.
Charles Fisher has been promoted
to EVP, Corporate Finance & Development.
Fisher currently manages Charter's debt and equity
capital markets strategy and execution, mergers and acquisitions
and corporate development including equity investments and joint
ventures. Fisher will expand his responsibilities to include
Investor Relations, led by SVP Stefan Anninger;
Procurement, led by SVP Michelle Hawkins; and will provide
more dedicated corporate development leadership for Spectrum
Enterprise and Spectrum Reach.
Kevin Howard has been promoted to
EVP, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Howard is
responsible for Charter's operational and
technical accounting, financial reporting, payables, and
enterprise resource planning operations.
"Today's announcements reflect James, Kevin and
Charles' effectiveness providing client-focused support
to the broader Charter organization, a natural progression of
the leadership structure in Finance, and the successful
integration by the leaders of the functional areas they will
now oversee," said Winfrey. "I will continue to be
strategically involved in procurement, business intelligence and
corporate services, and look forward to a continued commitment to
excellence in our investor relations activities."
Nuzzo joined Charter in 2014 from Cablevision Systems
Corporation where he served for 27 years, most recently as Senior
Executive Vice President, Operations and Business Planning. Nuzzo
held several executive business planning positions at Cablevision
since 1997. Prior to that he was a finance executive at
Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation, the advertising sales
division of Rainbow Media (currently AMC Networks). He
originally joined Cablevision in 1986. Nuzzo earned a B.B.A.
with an emphasis on accounting from Hofstra University.
Fisher joined Charter in 2013 from Guggenheim Partners, where he
was a Senior Managing Director for Telecoms & Media. Prior to
joining Guggenheim Securities, he was at Nomura Securities where he
headed the Media Investment Banking practice for the Americas.
Previously Fisher served as a Managing Director and led Lehman
Brothers' and Nomura's European Cable Investment Banking business
in London, and was a Managing Director for Lehman Brothers in
both London and New York. Fisher holds a B.A. from
Queen's University in Ontario and a M.B.A.
from Columbia Business School.
Howard has been Charter's Principal Accounting Officer since
2006. He served as an executive officer of Charter during the
pendency of its Chapter 11 reorganization in 2009 and as Interim
Chief Financial Officer in 2010. Howard Joined Charter
in 2002 from Arthur Andersen LLP, where he served as an auditor for
nearly a decade. He is a certified public accountant and a
certified managerial accountant. Howard received a B.S. in
finance and economics from the University of
Missouri-Columbia.
About Charter
Charter Communications, Inc.
(NASDAQ:CHTR) is a leading broadband communications company and the
second largest cable operator in the
United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced
residential broadband services, including Spectrum TV® programming,
Spectrum Internet®, Spectrum Voice®, and Spectrum
Mobile™. Under the Spectrum Business® brand, Charter provides
scalable, and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to
small and medium-sized business organizations, including Internet
access, business telephone, and TV services. Through the Spectrum
Enterprise brand, Charter is a national provider of scalable,
fiber-based technology solutions serving many of America's largest
businesses and communications service providers. Charter's
advertising sales and production services are sold under the
Spectrum Reach® brand. Charter's news and sports networks are
operated under the Spectrum Networks brand. More information about
Charter can be found at newsroom.charter.com.
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