- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jeff Dale2023-03-30T20:56:00
The Walt Disney Company is parting with Chief Compliance Officer Alicia Schwarz, whose responsibilities will be assumed by General Counsel Horacio Gutierrez, according to a report from Deadline.
Disney did not respond to a request seeking confirmation of the report.
The reported move ends a nine-year tenure for Schwarz at Disney. She started as a principal counsel in 2014 and climbed the ladder to be appointed CCO in 2021.
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Compliance teams most often report to their firm’s legal department, our “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey found. However, heavily regulated companies and those with fewer employees saw different trends emerge.
Rafael Ribeiro, Disney’s former assistant general counsel of global ethics and compliance, returned to the media giant in July as associate general counsel and deputy chief compliance officer.
The Walt Disney Company has appointed Horacio Gutierrez as senior executive vice president, general counsel and secretary. Gutierrez will join Disney in February from Spotify, where he serves as head of global affairs and chief legal officer.
