- 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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