ViacomCBS Names Former Amazon, Pandora Executive Naveen Chopra As CFO
Jill Goldsmith ViacomCBS has named Amazon exec Naveen Chopra as chief financial officer, effective August 10,, succeeding Christina Spade, who will transition into an advisory role after the company’s second quarter earnings call.Chopra joins ViacomCBS from Amazon where was CFO of Devices and Services, the divison housing the giant’s fast growing and most strategic consumer businesses, including Alexa, Echo, Fire TV, Ring, Kindle and the Amazon Appstore. Chopra will oversee ViacomCBS’s financial operations, including treasury, tax, accounting, investor relations, information security and real estate, as well as global corporate development and strategy.