Robert L. Eatroff Joins Comcast Corporation as Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Development and Strategy
November 03 2015 - 2:30PM
Business Wire
Comcast Corporation announced today it has named Robert L.
Eatroff Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Development and
Strategy. He will join Comcast in January 2016 from Morgan Stanley
in New York where he was Managing Director and Head of Mergers
& Acquisitions for the Americas. He will report to Michael J.
Cavanagh, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Comcast Corporation.
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Robert L. Eatroff Joins Comcast
Corporation as Executive Vice President, Global Corporate
Development and Strategy (Photo: Business Wire)
Mr. Eatroff will succeed Alexander D. Evans who will join
Michael J. Angelakis, former Chief Financial Officer of Comcast, in
January 2016 at the new strategic company Mr. Angelakis formed in
partnership with Comcast that will focus on investing in and
operating growth-oriented companies. He also succeeds Bob Pick,
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, who is retiring at
year-end and will consult for the company on special
projects.
“I’d like to thank Bob Pick for his more than 26 years of
service and all he has done for Comcast as we have achieved
stunning growth during his tenure,” said Brian L. Roberts, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Comcast Corporation. “With Alex
Evans remaining within the Comcast family and Bob Eatroff joining
us, we’re in a great position to continue that growth and pursue
exciting new opportunities.”
“Bob Eatroff is a terrific talent and will be a great addition
to our team,” said Mr. Cavanagh. “He is well known to Comcast,
having advised the company on transactions for years, including the
acquisition of NBCUniversal, and has extensive knowledge of an
array of sectors, including technology, telecommunications, cable,
media, and wireless. I’m thrilled he will be bringing his extensive
experience to our company.”
Mr. Eatroff joins Comcast after spending more than 20 years
at Morgan Stanley in its Investment Banking Division where he
served as lead advisor on some of the firm’s largest and most high
profile M&A transactions and has held many leadership
positions, including leading their technology investment banking
group on the East Coast.
Mr. Eatroff earned his MBA in Finance from Columbia
Business School and holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from
Bucknell University. He will be relocating from New York City to
Philadelphia.
About Comcast Corporation:
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video,
high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to
businesses. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports
cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks,
television production operations, television station groups,
Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
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