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Lahoud was appointed executive vice president and Chief
Financial Officer for Disney Consumer Products in November 2011
and for Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media in 2015.
He is a 20- ‐year veteran of The Walt Disney Company, with a wide
range of experience across three continents and a range of
I G N A C E functions including finance, strategic planning, business

development and information technology.
L A H O U D

Previously in his role as CFO for The Walt Disney Company Europe,
Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Lahoud led the region's finance
team, and played an active role in the integration of the company’s
operating units under the EMEA integrated organization.

Prior to this, Lahoud served as the senior vice president and Chief
Financial Officer for Euro Disney SCA, the public French company
that manages and operates the Disneyland Paris Resort. He was a
member of the management team that achieved a spectacular
turnaround at the Paris- ‐based theme park, following a financial
restructuring in 2005.

As CFO for The Walt Disney Company Latin America between 2001
and 2005, Lahoud worked closely with global, regional and country
teams to develop the company's first integrated international
organization. From 1997 until 2001, Lahoud was based out of

Disney's global headquarters in Burbank, CA as director, Corporate
Operations Planning & Analysis. Between 1991 and 1997, Lahoud
was responsible for several financial functions at Euro Disney SCA
focused on the park, hotels and workforce optimization.

Lahoud has an MBA from the Madrid Business School and the
University of Houston, Texas and is fluent in English, French,
Spanish and Arabic.