NBCUniversal is preparing to separate from Comcast and has named Christopher Halpin as its new chief financial officer, according to multiple outlets. Halpin will join the NBCU leadership team on September 8 and will report to Mike Cavanagh, Comcast’s co-CEO, who is slated to become CEO of NBCUniversal after the separation. The appointments are tied to NBCUniversal’s planned transition into a standalone, publicly traded media and entertainment company, with the spin-off expected to occur within about a year, as described by the sources.
Before taking the NBCU role, Halpin had served in senior finance and operations leadership at People Inc., where he held the positions of COO and CFO. All three reports describe the hiring as part of NBCUniversal’s efforts to put corporate leadership in place before the corporate restructuring is completed.
