Paramount Global CFO Naveen Chopra Exits, Andrew Warren Set as Interim

Paramount Global chief financial officer Naveen Chopra is exiting his post. Following his departure, Andrew Warren, who currently serves as strategic advisor to the office of the CEO and is himself the former CFO of Discovery Communications, will assume the additional role of executive vice president and interim CFO at Paramount.

Per a Securities and Exchange Commission filing made by Paramount Monday, Chopra notified the company, which is currently in a pending acquisition deal with Skydance Media, of “his decision to resign from his position” effective June 27.

According to the document, the Paramount CFO’s resignation is “not the result of any disagreement” with Paramount or its board of directors, “including on any matters relating to the Company’s operations, policies, accounting practices or financial reporting.”

“We thank Naveen for his leadership role during a dynamic period of transformation and growth,” Paramount co-CEOs George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins said in a statement Monday. “We are excited to partner with Andy, who has been our strategic advisor, in his new, expanded role as interim CFO and we are confident that his deep financial expertise and familiarity with our business make him exceptionally well-suited to step into this position.”

More to come…